How Someone with a Neuromuscular Disease Experiences Operating a PC (and How to Successfully Counteract That)
Torsten Felzer, Stephan Rinderknecht · 2013 · Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)
This experience report describes the first author's personal journey as a computer scientist with Friedreich's Ataxia (FA), a progressive neuromuscular disease diagnosed at age 15 that causes ataxia of limbs, dysarthria, and muscle weakness. Despite needing a wheelchair since…
motor impairment · neuromuscular disease · Friedreich's Ataxia · text entry · assistive technology