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Assistive Technology for Cerebral Palsy,

Locomotive & Physical Impairments

Evaluation and Assessment Software

Disability Assessment Pack

This Disability Assessment Pack is designed to assess students for a variety of disabilities, using researched-based norms. This pack includes a wide range of assessments in reading, math, emotions, and sensory awareness across a full range of ability levels. Test your students for Dyscalculia, or Dyslexia to find if they fall with in the norm range or if they are in need of more in-depth tutoring. Explore your student’s range of emotional awareness with Emotional Literacy Screener. Assess whether your students understanding their own emotions, and how those emotions affect others. Finally test your student’s perception of their sensory environment using the Snoezelen sensory screener. Deficits of the basic five senses can lead to behavioural problems in a child’s future. Additional printed resources help you guide your students' educational progress.

This Pack Includes:

Dyslexia Screener: Dyslexia Screener is a computer-based test, designed to help teachers to identify learners with Dyslexic tendencies. It’s appropriate for learners of all ages. Six activity areas cover non-verbal reasoning, phonological awareness, spelling, visual search, reading, and verbal reasoning. As an initial diagnostic tool, it enables you to distinguish between poor reading ability and dyslexia, and gives advice on next steps.

Dyscalculia Screener: Dyscalculia is sometimes called number blindness, a condition that affects our ability to acquire arithmetic skills. Dyscalculic learners can have difficulties understanding simple number concepts. They lack an intuitive grasp of numbers, and have problems learning number facts and procedures. Designed specifically for 6-14 year old students, this computer-based tool is simple to administer and fun for students to take.

Dyscalculia Guide Book: Includes a description of the disorder, guidelines for helping students in the classroom, teaching strategies & practical activities.

Emotional Literacy Screener (Ages 7-11): Emotional Literacy Screener is a new assessment kit designed to measure a child's emotional literacy, and offer ideas for intervention. ‘Emotional Literacy’ is defined as the ability for students to recognize, understand, express, and handle their own emotions, and the expressed emotions of others. This Screener identifies the status of a student’s emotional literacy and provides follow-up activities for intervention in targeted areas. The assessment covers: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills.

Emotional Literacy Screener (Ages 11-16+): This screener identifies the status of emotional literacy of older students. It also provides follow-up activities for intervention where necessary. The assessment covers elements of emotional literacy including: self-awareness, emotional resilience, motivation, and handling of emotions and relationships.

Sensory Screener - SNOEZELEN Sensory Profiling and Assessment Tool: This is the most comprehensive profiling tool developed for sight, sound, movement, smell, taste, and touch. The SNOEZELEN Sensory Profiling and Assessment Tool identifies areas of sensory need in individuals with limited cognitive function and physical disability. Get tips on selecting the most appropriate sensory equipment, activities are suggested, and guidance is provided for developing intervention programs. The software is ideal for educators working with severely disabled clients, adults with learning disabilities, mental health problems, head injury and stroke victims, dementia and Alzheimer’s patients.

Vision Screener

This is a computerized vision screening system. It provides a simple, straightforward method of detecting possible vision problems in six critical areas: Far Acuity, Near Acuity, Depth Perception, Colour Vision, Macular Health, and Eye Movement. The program provides video demonstrations of vision screening procedures to help users understand proper techniques. However, it is NOT a substitute for regular visits to an optometrist or ophthalmologist.

Alternative Keyboards

Frogpad One Hand Keyboard

The Frogpad can be used with a computer by persons who have good use of only one hand. It has been designed for fast data entry using the natural drumming motion of the hand and the letter layout is based on the percent usage of each letter in the English language. Fifteen letters that are used 86% of the time by typists are placed in the most efficient locations on the keyboard.

It is available for left hand or right hand with option of connection to the computer by USB port or Bluetooth port. It can also be used with USB/ Bluetooth compatible Laptops, PDA's, Pocket PCs, Tablet and Wearable PC's, and other mobile devices.

QualiKey On-Screen Keyboard

QualiKey is the ultimate on-screen Keyboard which allows users with mobility impairments to type data directly into any Windows Application. Instead of pushing keys on a real keyboard, simply point and click on QualiKey on your computer screen. With QualiKey you can directly control any Windows application, run and close applications, manage tasks, shut down the computer, manage your own Start Menu, check the on-line help and much more.

QualiKey can be fully customized to maximize and speed up the user's ability to input commands and texts. It also has a Word Prediction feature to reduce the number of keystrokes needed for typing. To use the QualiKey, the user requires pointing systems like: a Touch screen, Mouse or Switch or QualiEye software with a Web Cam for pointing with head movement or body parts

IntelliKeys Keyboard

IntelliKeys is a programmable alternative keyboard that enables students with physical, visual, or cognitive disabilities to easily type, enter numbers, navigate on-screen displays, and execute menu commands. Unlike the regular PC keyboard, IntelliKeys is a touch sensitive flat touchpad whose look and functionality is changeable by sliding in different overlays. The IntelliKeys keyboard comes with six standard overlays plus a setup overlay, that are ready to use with any word processing program or software that has keyboard input.

IntelliKeys Keyguards

Keyguards are plastic frames designed to be clipped on top of standard overlays that come with IntelliKeys as well as custom overlays and are meant for use by students with limited motor skills struggling to select the correct keys on overlays. They provide physical separation between keys so students can make more accurate choices.

20 Keys Programmable Keyboard

This keyboard has 20 keys which are reprogrammable by the user for ‘One button’ access to perform tasks that require multiple keystrokes thus limiting the number of keys required to be pressed. Each key can be programmed to handle macros or a number of key sequences which is very simple & easy to set. For e.g. to use the Copy-Paste function, the shortcut key is CTRL+C and then CTRL+V, which can be programmed on this keyboard to just one key. This keyboard is very useful for those who have limited use of their fingers or have one hand or a motor disability.

Foot Pedal Keyboard

Foot Pedals act as a three-button programmable keyboard used in conjunction with your regular keyboard. It lets your feet take over lengthy, awkward or painful repetitive keystrokes or mouse clicks. Key actions like Shift, Enter and Space can be re-programmed and entered with one of the three-foot pedals. Each pedal can also be programmed to handle macros or key sequences of up to 13 characters in length.

Large Print Keyboards

Large print keyboards have been designed specifically for those with vision impairments or those who simply have a hard time seeing the existing commands on their keyboards. With a bigger and bolder typeface, the keys are easier to see.

Features

• Largest print on keycaps available
• One-touch Internet and email buttons.
• One-touch media control buttons.
• Three power management keys.
• Colour Options: White on Black OR Black on Yellow

Typing Tutorials

Five Finger Typist - One hand Typing Tutorials

A Typing Tutor that teaches touch-typing with One Hand (be it left or right) on a standard QWERTY keyboard for those who have good use of only one hand.

Simply place your fingers at the home position on the keyboard and mimic the animated on-screen hand movements through a series of typing exercises.

Work at your own pace by starting with simple exercises and then gradually learning more keystrokes. Five Finger Typist keeps track of your typing accuracy, so you can check your progress after each lesson.

Ability Master – Multiple Options Keyboard Tutorials

Ability Master is a unique step-by-step teaching tutorial that helps persons with physical impairment of hands or fingers, or those who suffer from cerebral palsy, to learn typing with those fingers that they have good use of on a normal keyboard. This program has 22 lessons with 20 options based on ability as given below to learn to touch type on a normal computer keyboard independently:

Please Note: The Thumb is not counted as a finger

This tutorial can be purchased as a full pack with all 20 options or individually for any one option at US$195

Alternative Mouse Emulators

Touch Screens

A touch screen is an electronic device placed over, or built into the monitor of the computer. It allows the user to make a direct selection of an item on the computer screen by touching the screen with a finger or a stylus. It helps focus visual attention and is a more direct response either for early learning of cause and effect or when used in conjunction with an on-screen keyboard.

QualiCLICK Software

QualiClick is a solution for persons who are unable to perform the mouse click function but have the ability to only move the mouse, especially those with motor disability.  It automatically performs all the mouse button functions like Single Click, Double Click or Drag & Drop. Instead of clicking the mouse buttons, the user simply rests the mouse over the item to be selected, and after a preset time, QualiClick will automatically perform the selected click for you.

QualiEYE Software

QualiEye is an easy-to-understand software for hands-free operation of a computer using a Web Cam to track movements of the head or body parts (head, nose, chin, finger or toe, for example). The web camera converts those movements into mouse pointer movements on a computer screen and performs the clicking action using the built-in QualiClick feature. It works with all standard Windows Applications and requires a high quality USB 2.0 Web Cam with min. 30 frames per second resolution (to be purchased separately)

QualiEye is beneficial for people with Cerebral Palsy. Multiple Sclerosis, Quadriplegia, Muscular Dystrophy, ALS, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or any disability where users have little or no control of their hands.

Hands Free Voice Recognition Software

HandsFree enables operation of a computer completely by voice and is especially useful for Computer Access by those having upper limb disabilities unable to use the conventional keyboard and mouse.

It allows operation of any application and full control over the Windows operating system. It is easy to learn and simple to use. With HandsFree, you can use your own voice to:

HandsFree is also compatible with most screen magnification software for those with Low Vision.

It makes using the computer easy for:

• Persons who have Upper limb disabilities and ailments that make using hands/ fingers difficult for operating the computer keyboard/ mouse
• Persons with impaired fine motor skills or low vision (in conjunction with screen magnification software)
• Senior users, having difficulty performing precise movements and precise cursor positioning that a computer mouse requires
• Users suffering from Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Cord Injury, Neurological Disorders, Arthritis, MS, Arthrogryposis and Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI).

Penfriend XL Software – A Comprehensive Literacy Tool

Penfriend XL software includes a powerful screen reader with text magnification, coupled with Word Prediction and On-screen Keyboards in many languages for users with physical impairment.

Features:

Word prediction: predicts the next word you want to write

Screen Reading with Magnification: Speech feed back with magnification for the text you are reading/ writing

On-screen Keyboards: Includes keyboards for many languages where their colour and font size can be adjusted to suit the needs of the user. Makes typing in a foreign language very easy.

Spelling, Thesaurus & Dictionaries: Speaks and Enlarges the Spell Checker, Thesaurus & Dictionaries in Word

Lexicon Editing and Topic Lexicons: Allows you to add New words to its Lexicon

Smart Punctuation: Automatically inserts the correct punctuation

Abbreviation Expansion: Can store phrases or other words, assigned to special codes.

Also available:

Penfriend XP that has most of the features of XL except the screen reading & magnification

Portable Penfriend on a USB Flash Pen Drive for anytime anywhere use

QualiWORLD Software

QualiWorld is a comprehensive software platform designed to help people with a physical disability gain access to today’s most powerful and useful technologies.

It enables disabled and elderly people to achieve a high level of independence through the computer to perform in total privacy some simple daily tasks without the use of a mouse/ keyboard or the assistance of another person.

It used the following Computer Access Solutions that replace the standard Mouse and Keyboard

Mouse control

Auto-Scan: Items on the computer screen are sequentially and automatically highlighted, one after the other. When the desired function is highlighted, the user activates the switch (or left mouse button) to make his selection. User can manage the click of the mouse by any external switch.

Manual-Scan: Items on the computer screen are sequentially highlighted by pressing on the switch. The user can make his selection by keeping the switch pressed (scan with 1 switch) or by activating a second switch (scan with 2 switches).

Radar Mouse: A coloured line (from the centre to the border of the screen) scans the computer screen (360°). With any external switch, the user can stop the line with a click. An animated cursor starts moving from the centre of the screen following the line. When the cursor reaches the desired function (intersection), user activates the switch and makes his selection.

XY Mouse: A horizontal line scans the computer screen from top to bottom. When the line reaches the height of desired button, the user activates the switch and the line stops moving. A vertical line starts the scanning from left to right, and when it reaches the desired intersection point (button), the user can activate the switch to make his selection.

Direction Mouse: the cursor is moved using one of the 8 arrows pointing in different directions (up, down, left, right, 4 oblique directions). Arrows are highlighted sequentially, user clicks on the desired direction and cursor begins moving. A second click stops the cursor.

Tracking Mouse: The cursor on the screen is controlled by simple head movements. A standard USB WebCam captures user's movements and the software translates them into onscreen cursor movement, in real time. Users do not have to attach anything to their body.

Mouse Click Control

Auto-click: Stops the cursor on the desired function or command button and the click is automatically activated by the system.

Gesture Recognition: Uses a body gesture to perform the click on the selected button (Tracking Mouse).

Onscreen Keyboard

QualiKEY: Is one of the most advanced onscreen keyboards and includes a complete Layout Editor, a multi language and intelligent Word Prediction system with an advanced Vocabulary Editor and Words Import features, Expansion & Abbreviation features with Editor, Macros and much more.

QualiWORLD has various modules to perform different tasks as given below:

QualiSURF: Surf the Internet

QualiMAIL: Send and Receive Email Messages

QualiWORD: Create & Edit Documents

QualiPHONE: Non verbal persons can Make and Receive telephone calls from the computer

QualiFAX: Send, Receive & Manage Fax Messages

QualiSPEAK: Non verbal persons can create messages that are spoken aloud to friends & colleagues

QualiCAM: View and Control Images coming from an IP camera connected to the Internet.

QualiHOME - Home Automation System: Control any electrical device from your PC like: turn on and off any lights, air conditioning, fans, and manage an electric bed, open and close automatic doors, windows, curtains, and shutters, manage outdoor electric devices like external lights, sprinklers, electric gates, sensors, cameras and garage door, Activate a signal to call a doctor or other caregiver or Activate an alarm.

 It enables even completely paralyzed people to have full control over their own environment directly from their personal computer, in full independency.

QualiHOME software works in conjunction with state-of-the-art environmental control systems like Infra Red, Radio Frequencies, PowerLine X-10, IBM WebDyn and many more. Such technologies, in conjunction with QualiHOME can control any electrical device in the user's room / apartment / home / building.

With QualiHOME it is possible to easily create Macros (Scenarios) which allow the user to send several commands with a single click. For example, when the user goes to bed, with a single click he can turn off all the lights, close the curtains, turn on a desk lamp at 20% luminosity and set the temperature at 18 degrees.

X-10 is a communications "language" that allows you to control lights, appliances and other equipment in your room or house via the existing 220-230V or 110V electrical wiring. QualiHOME sends signals through the already existing house electrical wiring and No costly rewiring is necessary, making it very easy to install without the need of a professional electrician.

QualiTV: Allows the user to turn on the TV directly on the PC screen & manage the volume and TV channels

QualiRADIO: Allows the user to listen to the Radio directly from the PC & manage the volume and channels

QualiDVD:  Allows the user to independently watch & manage any DVD movie directly on the computer screen

QualiCHESS: Allows the user to play chess against the computer or another player, as well as manage each game and each move

QualiCARDS: Allows the user to play games like the popular Solitaire and Hearts

QualiALBUM: Allows the user to manage pictures and images and create his own virtual photo album

QualiPLAYER: Allows the user to play and organize any audio and video file like music, videos, movies, etc.

QualiCHECKERS: Allows the user to play checkers against the computer or another player, as well as manage each game and each move

QualiFRIENDS: Manage your Skype Account or Chat and make VOIP phone calls to Skype users at no cost

QualiCALENDAR: Allows the user to organize appointments, things to do, or any other tasks

A perfect solution for private use at home, in hospitals, rehabilitation centres, at work, universities and schools.

Please Note that all the above modules work only on the QualiWORLD platform and cannot be run on any other Windows application.

All the above modules are also available individually along with the QualiWORLD Platform.

QualiLife Windows Based Software

QualiWEB Pro

A very advanced Internet Browser for Microsoft Windows, which enables any user to freely surf the WEB. It includes an incredible list of software solutions that guarantee to any user the full control of the application as well as WEB pages. Solutions like mouse replacement, cursor replacement, auto- click, a movement tracking system, the most advanced virtual keyboard, the state- of- the- art webpage reader, Voice Commands compatibility, offer the accessibility to anyone without limitations. The application is able to automatically detect on a webpage all the frames, links, language, images, input fields, check boxes, radio buttons and much more.

Communication Aids

Boardmaker Software

Boardmaker is designed for creating printed symbol-based communication & educational materials. A drawing program combined with a graphics database, Boardmaker features more than 4,500 Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) in both color and black-and-white, all in 44 languages including Hindi, Bengali, Farsi, Punjabi, Urdu and Arabic. Boardmaker is the ideal tool for creating symbol-based materials such as communication displays for AAC users, worksheets and flash cards for English language learners, visual schedules and social skills stories for children with autism spectrum disorders, books and symbol-supported literacy activities for beginning and pre-readers, song and story boards for preschoolers, and general educational and functional living skills materials for special education students.

Boardmaker Plus

Boardmaker Plus has all the features of Boardmaker and also has the ability to talk & play recorded sounds and movies making the computer a student learning tool. This interactive component allows users to create talking activity boards, worksheets, schedules, books, writing activities, games and more, and adapt all materials to each student.

Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro Combo

This combo package helps to create customized “talking” communication boards for high-level AAC needs. It turns a computer into a talking word processor, a speech output device and a powerful student-learning tool and has the ability to talk in human-sounding voices and play recorded sounds and movies—with the added features of word prediction and abbreviation expansion capabilities that speed text input.

GoTalk Portable Communication Aid for Non Verbal Children

A lightweight and rugged portable communication aid that enables non verbal young children to communicate voice messages using pictures. It has small picture frames called keys which when touched announces the recorded message relating to that picture. The pictures created using an Overlay Maker software are placed in the GoTalk and messages relating to each picture are recorded. Each key has the capacity to record 5 messages. Available Options are:

GoTalk 4 – 20 messages

GoTalk 9 – 45 messages

GoTalk 20 – 100 messages

Educational Software

A host of educational software for children with special needs for teaching concepts of Science, Daily Living, Nature, Human Anatomy, Mathematics, General Knowledge and  Developing Vocational Skills.

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