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>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 22:26:57 -0700 >From: rodrigt <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Enabling PD patients to manage keyboard and mouse. > >I'm searching for info on what methods are used by PD patients to manage >keyboard and mouse. Two peple, near and dear to my heart, reject the >thougt of using the computer: ".... I wouldn't have the coordination.." >Yet, I'm sure there are thousands of PD patients who enrich their lives >with a computer and the Internet. Any suggestions? >Thank you! >[log in to unmask] > Yes, You don't have to use the mouse that much. I have problems with it, as I pop things off with the mouse that I didn't want to, but if you use the keyboard approach you only have to hit one button at a time . If you can't type, or never could, you can still do the hunt & peck method. I click on an Icon with the mouse & then just hit the ENTER key instead of trying to click the mouse twice. One of the problems being, besides the PD, is that I'm left handed & use the mouse right handed, so that creates a double problem. Personally, and I say this with all my heart---I can't imagine living without a Computer. Physically, I have had to give up so much, and the Computer gave me back a BIG portion of my life!!! I'm on a QUILTNET as well as this PD NET & one for the American Libraries Association. I'm getting ready to set uip a web page for our quilt group on the Freenet through the Library. Without the Computer I'd be lost. Can't stand to watch TV and can only read so long---but the Computer and I have fun till 2 a.m. everymorning. I don't suffer from insomnia anymore--I just stay up till I'm sleepy. Also, I learned NEVER to take ANY pills after 7 p.m. Hey, it works for me!!!! Many libraries have Freenets, which are indeed free. They have computers in the library which you can use free of charge & they have schedules for free lessons. If you are physically able to go to the library, the only reason you won't learn to use a computer is because you don't want to expend the time and energy necessary to learn. It's your choice!!!!! Go learn and enjoy!!!! There is another world out there that can't see your hand tremors & won't know you have a problem unless you tell them!!!! As Ever, Marjorie L. Moorefield [log in to unmask] Internet Communications of America, Inc.