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This may sound slightly patronising - it's not meant that way - a trick I've found for helping nervous learners wit new ideas is to relate it to what they already know. My mother wouldn't try an electronic keyboard - told it was an electric piano with added noises, she plonked happily away, even if not using all the gadgets - "piano" was less threatening. Quoting rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>: > Moneesha - I knew how to use the computer BEFORE PD. Learning new stuff > now is difficult and upsetting or I would be on top of stuff. My guess was > that Prem was not computer savvy before PD and I have seen how upset well > people get who are not computer types or have never learned to type.when > they try to learn it. I have a friend who can't email. My mother's hands > shook when I tried to get her to use the computer. It helps to have been > ahead of the game. > Ray > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Moneesha Sharma" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:38 AM > Subject: Re: piano music > > > > Prem does not still have any tremors, so that was not the issue. He was > > never terribly computer savvy and I found that he was having difficulty > > remembering the sequence needed to get online and access his mail. That > > was > > the first discourager. Then he found that a left click was often a right > > click as well. Discourager number two. I was just thinking of a single > > mouse when I told me that he could not read too well off the screen. > > Discourager number three. That is when he gave up. I don't think he > > misses > > it too much. It is the guitar that he really misses. > > > > Moneesha > > > > > > > > 2008/11/25 <[log in to unmask]> > > > >> For the computer- has he tried resting his forearm on a rolled towel ? > >> it acts as a shock-absorber. > >> > >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn