TalkLink Trust, South Island Regional Manager April 2013 We are seeking a dynamic, confident and highly organised manager to run our South Island service operating from Christchurch. This position includes management and operational responsibilities and would suit a person with assistive technology skills who has had some management or team leader experience. The TalkLink Trust is a not-for-profit Read More
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Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display (PODD) Introductory Workshop Presented by Gayle Porter Two-Day Workshop 10 June 2013 8.30am registration for 9.00am start to 4.30pm 11 June 2013 9.00am to 4.30pm Venue: OR9, Gate 5, Oteha Rohe Campus, Massey University, Albany. A map is available at
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My Name is Gabi. I am Deaf can New Zealand Sign Language and use My communication device because people not know sign. I have Cerebral Palsy. My favorite go to out with My Aunty Jennifer Burns. The device I used is Dynavox communication because people not know sign. In my spare time use my computer …
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This press release is very exciting http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/communications-upgrade-hearing-and-speech-impaired-communities It means that a video assisted speech-to-speech relay service will be available from around October 2011. People with speech difficulties will be able to use video to help the NZ Relay, relay assistant understand what they
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TalkLink Trust and People First www.peoplefirst.org.nz have been thinking about ways we can assist people affected by the Earthquake. For some people it has been difficult to explain what has and is happening around them. To this end Michelle King, one of our Christchurch based speech-language therapists has created a social story about the earthquake. …
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An iPod docking unit specially adapted to give switch control. Operate the basic iPod functions – stop/start, next track and previous track – using the three big button switches on the supplied remote control. You can also use your own switches plugged into its 3.5mm jack sockets. Up to three switches can be used – …
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Tobii C8 Communication is key Tobii C8 allows people with communication disabilities to achieve their full potential. They can communicate via text or symbols to generate synthesized or digitized speech for face-to-face interaction or connect through email, text messages or chat. Users also have the freedom and flexibility to write and edit documents, surf the Internet, play music …
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February 24, 2009 My name is James Duncan. I am a tetraplegic (C5 C6). Before my accident I was an out-going man, worked 20 years on sheep and cattle farms, and during the holidays I would go shearing and crutching because I liked doing physical work. Then I moved to town and started working in forestry. …
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