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Whether it's having emergency contacts available and easy to access, or setting a reminder for medication, we’ve carefully chosen these apps to help keep medical needs a priority.

ICE4family 1. ICE4family
Messages can be recorded to instruct the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) members how to access your information if you are unable to speak, it can express your medical and/or health conditions, emergency contacts, or whatever information you wish. With a simple tap, you can contact emergency assistance and it will also give your location from the "My Location" feature.

Optimized for: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad (iOS 3.2 or later)
Price: $4.99
Link: www.ems-options.com
Related Products: smart-ICE for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad ($1.99)

iPharmacy 2. iPharmacy
Anytime you need a reference about various pharmaceutical drugs, this is the perfect app to use. There is information about over 20,000 medications, all of which comes from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Information includes dosages, precautions, and much more. The app also provides an electronic discount card to receive a minimum of 10% off your prescriptions.

Optimized for: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad (iOS 4.0 or later)
Price: Free
Link: sigmaphone.com
Related Products: Micromedex Drug Information for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, DROID, or Blackberry (free) and Pill Identifier Lite for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad ($0.99)

Rxmind Me Prescription / Medicine Reminder and Pill Tracker3. Rxmind Me Prescription / Medicine Reminder and Pill Tracker
Do you have trouble keeping track of all of your medications? Rxmind Me Prescription app reminds you when to take them, and allows you to check off when you have. There is over half a dozen options for reminders, including hourly and weekly.

Optimized for: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad (iOS 4.0 or later)
Price: Free
Link: www.rxmind.me
Related Products: iPharmacy + Reminder for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad ($2.99)

Diabetes Buddy Lite – Control Your Blood Sugar 4. Diabetes Buddy Lite - Control Your Blood Sugar
Diabetes is a concern among individuals living with paralysis and maintaining a healthy blood sugar level is important. This app keeps track of your blood sugar level, allowing you to notice any potential patterns in your level as it changes. You can even input other relevant information including your weight, glucose, consumption of both carbs and water, and any injections you may use.

Review: It can potentially be useful, but requires a lot of typing.
Optimized for: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad (iOS 4.0 or later)
Price: Free
Link: www.bhi-technologies.com

Myotomes 5. Myotomes
If you would like to have a useful reference guide about your body’s neurological system and motor functions, then this app will do the job. Information is presented about upper limb and lower limb movements, in addition to important nerves and muscles. You can tap on sections of the body listed in the app to learn about the movements that the area is responsible for creating.

Review: Good to have, easy to use, and good for reference.
Optimized for: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad (iOS 3.1 or later)
Price: $0.99
Link: codev.co.uk



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Assistive Technology Training Online Project The Assistive Technology Training Online Project (ATTO) provides information on AT applications that help students with disabilities learn in elementary classrooms.

Abledata: ComputersABLEDATA provides objective information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources to consumers, organizations, professionals, and caregivers within the United States. We serve the nation's disability, rehabilitation, and senior communities.

AbilityHub: Assistive Technology SolutionsInformation on adaptive equipment and alternative methods for accessing computers.

A Reeve Foundation Fact Sheet on Assistive Technology - Computers (PDF)

Camera MouseThe Camera Mouse uses a standard USB camera to convert head and finger motions into computer mouse pointer movements.

The CyberlinkBrain Actuated Technologies has developed this unique, futuristic system enabling hands-free control of a mouse cursor to power video games and other electronic products. The Cyberlink device, reminicent of a science fiction gadget, utilizes a headband with sensors that detect electrical signals made from subtle facial muscle and eye movements as well as from brain wave activity.

Dragon SystemsVoice activation at its finest, the Dragon Systems technology is used not only to operate laptops and pda's but can even control multimedia centers, navigation systems, mobile phones and much more.

laesieworks.com: Computer AccessIt's can be very important for a quadriplegia to have very good access to normal computer & software, even when laying flat in bed. This page is about how I do it. No, that dot is nothing religious! With that dot I control my computer.

Origin Instruments CorporationThis company manufactures The HeadMouse Extreme which translates head motions into computer mouse pointer movements. They also offer other helpful accessories such as soft and smart type keyboards, a sip and puff switch and a dragger utility for manipulating the left and right buttons of the standard mouse.

Prentke Romich CompanyFor complete computer control, visit this site which offers just about every possible device for accessibility from specialized keyboards to the headmouse.

Quad-JoyThis hands-free system was developed by a quadriplegic who, fueled by his own needs, figured a way to operate his computer using a joystick controlled mouse. The mouse works by sip and puff.

The Talking DesktopHands-free computer operation becomes possible with this voice activated software. Through speech recognition, the talking desktop will guide you through virtually any computer function.

TrackerProThe TrackerPro technology allows for cursor control to function through head pointing using a unit which is located on the top of the computer. The unit tracks head movements by the user and then converts the motions into computer mouse operations.

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The information provided in the Paralysis Resource Center was supported by Cooperative Agreement number 1U59DD000838-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the Reeve Foundation and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.