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Since my name has come up I should introduce myself and stop lurking the
Listserv.<br> I am a speech pathologist working on a Phd at Penn State. I
am interested in using the xo for children with communication
disabilities.<br>I don't really know where to start but I have some interest in
the project here and found several people likeMs. Marden who are also
interested when I was in Boston.<br> I presented the idea at the American
Speech Language Hearing Association Convention this weekend and found a very
positive response.<br>I have some ideas for alternative input Methods like
scanning with a single switch (which might be plugged into the microphone
jack.)<br><br>I hope that some others who share this interest join up
soon.<br><br>Thanks to all of you for your hard work and Continued
interest in the children with disabilities who need OLPC more than
anyone.<br><br> Adam Bowker<br><br>Message: 6<br>Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007
10:00:32 -0500<br>From: Jennifer Marden <<a
href="retrieve.cgi?mailbox=inbox&start_num=0&limit=20&sort=1&display=3&message_num=1&mid=mailman%2e6513%2e1195397943%2e2233%2eaccessibility%40lists%2elaptop%2eorg&cacheId=20071119155539#" onclick="addTo('jmardenslp@comcast.net')">jmardenslp@comcast.net</a>><br>Subject: [laptop-accessibility] introduction<br>To: <a href="retrieve.cgi?mailbox=inbox&start_num=0&limit=20&sort=1&display=3&message_num=1&mid=mailman%2e6513%2e1195397943%2e2233%2eaccessibility%40lists%2elaptop%2eorg&cacheId=20071119155539#" onclick="addTo('accessibility@lists.laptop.org')">accessibility@lists.laptop.org</a><br>Message-ID: <<a href="retrieve.cgi?mailbox=inbox&start_num=0&limit=20&sort=1&display=3&message_num=1&mid=mailman%2e6513%2e1195397943%2e2233%2eaccessibility%40lists%2elaptop%2eorg&cacheId=20071119155539#" onclick="addTo('c7bcbe231ac032cc70a36a8d2a80766f@comcast.net')">c7bcbe231ac032cc70a36a8d2a80766f@comcas!
t.net</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed<br><br>Hello! I was just introduced to the idea of using OLPC as an <br>accessible communication device by Adam Bowker at the American <br>Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention. Thought I would join <br>the list and introduce my self. My name is Jennifer Marden. I'm a <br>speech-language pathologist in private practice in Boston, <br>Massachusetts. I specialize in non-speaking children and adults with <br>severe physical impairments who use computers or other low tech means <br>to communicate. Before becoming an SLP, I worked as a software <br>engineer for 14 years at Hewlett-Packard. Most of my time with HP was <br>spent in in the HP-UX lab (HP's version of Unix), working on file <br>systems (local and networked), virtual memory, and process management <br>OS internals. Most work was done in C, with a small amount of assembly <br>coding, and a lot of debugging in assembly. I would !
be interested in <br>helping out with development of communica!
tion sys
tems based on the XO <br>for non-speaking people with various access needs and <br>cognitive/developmental levels. I'm pretty busy with my practice, so <br>I'm not sure how much time I could dedicate, but would love to be <br>involved!<br><br>Jennifer Marden<br><a href="retrieve.cgi?mailbox=inbox&start_num=0&limit=20&sort=1&display=3&message_num=1&mid=mailman%2e6513%2e1195397943%2e2233%2eaccessibility%40lists%2elaptop%2eorg&cacheId=20071119155539#" onclick="addTo('jmardenslp@comcast.net')">jmardenslp@comcast.net</a><br><a target="_new" href="http://www.technicallyspeaking-slp.com/">www.technicallyspeaking-slp.com</a><br><br><br><br>------------------------------</pre>