[games_access] Games for people with cerebral palsy

[InRNette at aol.com]

Robert:
 
Yes, we have messaged before.  I am one of the groups quiet  members.  I have 
been watching the groups progress since I joined.  
 
I use for my students to access the computer:
 
RJ Cooper's Switch Hopper (USB interface)  
_Special Education Software, Hardware and  Assistive Technology Products - 
Special Needs Children and Special Ed Learning  Resou.._ (http://rjcooper.com/)  
 
Enable Mart Big Red Switch, Jelly Bean Switch, Finger Switches,  etc. 
(Ablenet is undergoing an update on their website)
_Enablemart -  EnableMart.Com - Switch Solutions_ 
(http://enablemart.com/default.aspx?store=10&dept=23)  
 
The young people that I work with are homebound because they simply cannot  
attend either a partial day or full day program because there needs are best 
met  at home or in a hospital. Currently we are trying to find a means of  
communication for a young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury in-utero  (His 
Mom was shot for the money and tips as a pizza delivery person), is a quad  
requiring total care for activities of daily living, loves watching old TV  
shows, responds and smiles appropriately. We have worked low tech for  him and we 
know that he is able to make choices with his eyes.  The  teacher contacted us 
a couple of months ago because his care  giver pulled out two switches and 
the positioning equipment that an  agency had purchased and never follow through 
on. Not knowing what he could  do with these switches, we positioned them 
like the  care giver indicated then I popped into the computer just a cause and  
effect piece of software by RJ Cooper......if looks could slap me, I would  
have been on the ground.  We moved on very rapidly to another of  Coopers demo 
downloads called "Battle of the gods" (I think)  and the look was replaced with 
completely different look that allowed me to  continue standing. (A battle 
with the gods sure beat out the frog sticking his  tongue out to catch a fly 
hands down.)
 
Your site has grown tremendously.  I will be passing the link on to  our 
other AT Consultants and teachers we encounter.  
 
When I say age appropriate, I need simple cause and effect software that an  
older student would be able to use that allow them to progress from the  
beginning to as far as they can go.  Cause and effect software that we have  found 
up until now have been considered juvenile for our teens hurt in an  accident 
with cognitive awareness that surpasses their ability to express  themselves.
 
Hope this helps explain what I am looking for.
 
Jeanette
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