Invaluable for the individual who has lost the use of his or her hearing, the vibrating fire alarm is a tool no person with hearing loss should be without. Placed on a bed under the pillow, the pad has unique vibrating patterns to alert the sleeper of either a fire in the home or to the presence of dangerous levels of carbon monoxide. There is also a supplemental strobe light to attach to the wall to be alerted visually. There are many different models available. This model , made by FireAngel is wirless and responds to other FireAngel alarms set around your home. This model , by Fire Centurion, can travel with you because it will work with any standard fire alarm.
This exciting tool is the new Gus Communicator Device! This great new tool looks much like an ipad but it is more for helping people communicate. It is created by Gus Communication Devices. It has over five thousand symbols to click on to communicate with and it has Neospeech premium voices so it sounds more natural. No longer will you have to communicate with the annoying slow electronic voice! Talk with the Communicator Slate like if it is your own voice. This slate has windows 7 on it so it can be more then just a tool to talk with but a computer that the person can use for almost anything. The slate also features "Overboard" communication board that lists all the symbols. The letters on the keyboard are also larger then normal to help the visually handy caped with typing and also helps people that have a hard time hitting small letters. If you have trouble communicating this is the tool for you! Also this great tool is only $2,495 but Medicare, Medicaid and most health insurance companies can help out with the payment of it. This product is ideal for those Children and Adults with physical and/or speech disorders. Can accommodate alternative access methods such as switch scanning, head pointers, enlarged keyboards etc. Autism, Aphasia, ALS, Stroke, Head injury, Laryngectomy, Cancer or any other disability. If you have any of these disability's or think you could use this tool do not wait! The Communicator Slate is waiting for you! No longer do you have to feel disabled.
click here to see a helpful video on how to use the Communicator Slate by Gus Communication Devices
The iBot Dean Kamen is an absolute genius. He had an idea to create a wheelchair that would allow quadriplegics access to the world! Now I realize that this might sound a little over the top but in reality it is a very true statement. So many times people in wheelchairs are unable to venture out because their wheelchairs are incapable of scaling steps, curbs, and bumps. The iBot wheelchair gave people the independence they once had by allowing them to climb stairs, blaze the streets, hop curbs, and explore the world. "The iBot Mobility System rotates two sets of wheels around one another, giving the user the ability to ascend higher in the seat and essentially walk over stairs and curbs. It’s a prescription-only product, reserved for those who are severely disabled" -Dean Kamen. If you click the picture to the right, you will be taken to the iBot home site for even more information. Though this device was a work of genius, it is no longer available because of the steep asking price of $28,000. I am writing this blog in hopes that I will inspire the powers at be to create a more affordable version of this masterful machine. I have a family friend who is a retired military vet and struggles everyday to get around to the places he wants to go. This wheelchair is the answer to people's problems when it comes to mobility and if we were able to get the asking price down, this incredible machine and all the possibilities that follow would be accessible to people who deserve the right to explore.
The video above can show the possibilities a wheelchair like this can have. A wheelchair that some still do have access too, but others who are unable. I write this blog to the world in hopes that we can bring back this groundbreaking technology to better society and the people who live in it.
