Evaluating a personalizable access technology: SwitchApp - Clients

We are looking for young adults who:

• are between 16 and 30 years old,
• have a motor impairment that prevents them from using standard technology interfaces (e.g. mouse, keyboard, touchscreen), due to cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, a motor neuron disease, cervical spinal cord injury, or any other condition,
• are able to reliably indicate yes/no,
• are able to independently communicate, read, and write in English (including by using augmentative or alternative communication (AAC) methods),
• have a stable comfortable seating position,
• have sufficient vision to identify stimuli with good-to-high contrast on a screen and text sizes 14 points or higher,
• have functional hearing,
• have no medically refractory epilepsy and/or seizures triggered by light stimulus,
• are able to consistently control facial movements and/or produce a few keywords/sounds, in a non-fatiguing manner,
• currently use an access technology (e.g., a switch or joystick) in an independent, functional, and regular manner (at least 3 times a week), i.e. currently are proficient and regular switch or joystick users,
• currently use single-switch scanning, step scanning, or multiple switches, with a communication or writing software (e.g., Communicator 5, the Grid), proficiently and regularly (at least 3 times a week),
• have a caregiver, family member, or friend who is able to communicate, write, and read in English, and wants to participate in the study.