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Owen in a Kids Rock wheelchair

new wheelchair!

by jennifer on 17. Feb, 2008 in equipment, seating, switch use, wheelchair

Several days ago, Owen was kitted out with a demo wheelchair – the same one I discussed earlier in this blog. It’s called a Kids Rock dynamic wheelchair, and has a special spring-like action that engages when Owen becomes spastic or reflexive. If he thrusts (straightens at the hips while sitting), the hinge between the [...]

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Switches

high tech. sort of.

by jennifer on 12. Feb, 2008 in equipment, switch use

As I continue to contemplate Owen’s capacity for choice-making (and his communication partners’ capacities for offering choices), I have not ruled out other options for communication. In a previous post I mentioned that he was very successful when using a switch-activated signal, which we used for ‘reading’ a book. (I would sign the part of [...]

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