MyVoice offers independence and reduces stigma By Maureen Brosnahan, CBC News  Tyler Austin is one of thousands of Canadians who can now speak, thanks to MyVoice, a new technology developed by two University of Toronto students. Tyler, 18, is from Toronto and has cerebral palsy, which affects his muscle…

Chris Klein is a voice to those that have none and helping hand to those with disabilities, even though he was born with cerebral palsy and uses augmentative communication to help him interact with the rest of the world. Over the past four years, Chris has been working closely with people that use AAC. He has recently been elected president of USSAAC (United States Society of Augmentative Alternative Communication). He has also formed an organization…

Like many folks, Gerald Stopa likes to unwind with a beer after work. This being Boulder, it's a craft brew, usually a Billy's Chilies from Twisted Pine. For Stopa, the beer is a perk, provided free for working at the brewery. But unlike other workers who enjoy the same benefit, Stopa's job is a little different. He helps with inventory with the aid of assistive equipment and the help of a brewery employee and a caseworker for Imagine!, a local organization…

by PATRICK JORDAN on APRIL 8, 2012 USA Today has a story up today that offers a perfect illustration of when the iPad lives up to its ‘magical revolutionary’ billing, that Steve Jobs gave it when first unveiling it back in 2010.…

Devices can help children with brain injuries learn to grasp and manipulate objects Anne Trafton, News Office Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and legs. Now, they're building on that work to help children with brain injuries and disorders such as cerebral palsy."Robotic therapy can potentially help reduce…

People with paraplegia have a new prospect for movement in their everyday lives called a Robotic Mobilization Device (RMD). This innovation really outdoes traditional wheelchair function and takes paraplegic mobility in an…

A five year old girl named Lauren, who suffers with cerebral palsy (CP), has been participating with her parents in an ongoing study that measures the functional effects of baclofen pump (an implant that helps loosen and tone muscles) for children with CP. Thanks to this pump, daily activities, which were once a challenge,…

At 16, Wyatt Spalding has clear goals and ambitions. He wants to go to college and become a basketball coach. He wants to qualify in tennis for the Special Olympics World Games and in basketball for the national games. Now with the help of a small device called a WalkAide, the Fremont teen is making more strides toward achieving his goals. Wyatt and his twin brother, Weston, were born two months premature. Wyatt's trachea and esophagus were connected…

CP in Motion Conference and Workshop A NeuroDevNet KT Activity Cerebral Palsy is the sine quo non outcome of injury to the newborn brain, and has had a consistent occurrence of 1-2/1000 term births over the last decades, despite tremendous advances in obstetrical and neonatal care.  Indeed, with an increase in the survival of those babies delivered prematurely, the number of children with cerebral palsy…

[text size="13" width="100%" height="" line_height="19px" color="" font="" other="" text_align="" top="0px" right="0px" bottom="0px" left="0px"] Here is a short video of a boy named Sidney using a walker. His sister is using his other walker showing him how it is done. It is amazing how his sibling without realizing that she was teaching him to walk. This is an inspiring video. This is comments by his parents: Audrey uses one of Sid's extra walkers.…