Birgit
Birgit has something called ALS or more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The disease ALS disease is scientifically known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which is the loss of use of muscles because they are deteriorating. Birgit uses a system called the My Tobii P10 that helps her communicate with her husband, son, and friends. She controls the communication with her eye because she can no longer use her voice. She can now ask the doctor questions where before she often left the doctor's office confused and frustrated becasue she couldn't ask about things. Birgit says "It is important to me that people respect me for the person I am. I have regained a small part of my life with MyTobii, and I have gained access to several new possibilities that I am trying to take advantage of. It is impossible to describe how it feels to once again be able to talk with my husband and 20-year-old son—it has made a huge improvement to my quality of life."http://www.tobii.com/en/assistive-technology/global/user-stories/als/birgit-and-his-tobii-c12/
Ellen
Ellen Kampel has been living with MS or multiple sclerosis for 25 years.She has worked at Microsoft for 20 years.“Assistive technology is the most exciting part of the IT industry. I can’t think of a better place to demonstrate how computers adapt to the needs of the individual,” Kampel says. She adds that “Microsoft is committed to continually making computers smarter to react to the changing needs of people as they grow older.” She is glad that Microsoft has an Ease of Access Center for visual, hearing, speech, cognitive and dexterity difficulties it helps her and many others.
Camille
Camille's story begins when she is in second grade and 8years old, she also loves working with computer things. She has down-syndrome and she was not very good at hand eye coordination. However as the year went on the school assembeled a device called a IntelliKey ® keyboard. The keyboard is bright, large, and colorful. This makes tasks Camille does simpler for her to do instead of stressing out while working on a regular computer. The cool thing about this technology is that is will adapted to Camille's changing needs.
