PSY345H5 Lecture Notes - Cerebral Palsy, Motorized Wheelchair, Typewriter
Document Summary
Wearing fm transmitters (teachers: almost impossible for a child to hear the teacher without the fm transmitter, muffled speech, once its turned on its as if the teacher is speaking right in their ear. Teacher repeating comments of other students in the classroom. Having access to the right technology is vitally important. Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that can involve brain and nervous system functions, such as movement, learning, hearing, seeing, and thinking. Couldn"t communicate with anyone (other than family, some friends) Schools wouldn"t take him, parents taught him at home. Wheelchair bound, couldn"t use hands and legs, lack of speech. Right foot and eyes only part which he can control effectively. The spastics society: lives and works there now. Doesn"t have a motorized wheelchair because pulling himself by his feet is the only exercise he ever gets.
