[laptop-accessibility] introduction

[Jennifer Marden]

Hello!  I was just introduced to the idea of using OLPC as an 
accessible communication device by Adam Bowker at the American 
Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention.  Thought I would join 
the list and introduce my self.  My name is Jennifer Marden.  I'm a 
speech-language pathologist in private practice in Boston, 
Massachusetts.  I specialize in non-speaking children and adults with 
severe physical impairments who use computers or other low tech means 
to communicate.  Before becoming an SLP, I worked as a software 
engineer for 14 years at Hewlett-Packard.  Most of my time with HP was 
spent in in the HP-UX lab (HP's version of Unix), working on file 
systems (local and networked), virtual memory, and process management 
OS internals.  Most work was done in C, with a small amount of assembly 
coding, and a lot of debugging in assembly.  I would be interested in 
helping out with development of communication systems based on the XO 
for non-speaking people with various access needs and 
cognitive/developmental levels.  I'm pretty busy with my practice, so 
I'm not sure how much time I could dedicate, but would love to be 
involved!

Jennifer Marden
jmardenslp at comcast.net
www.technicallyspeaking-slp.com