Articles by Gail Stacey
Good news for AT Chat
Nov
AT Chat is excited to announce that we have been awarded an Information Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) National Information Program Grant (2020-2022). So what does this mean for AT Chat? AT Chat has been busy expanding, transforming what we offer, from an informal space for AT Users to support one another, to a formal […]
Finding my Kitchen Aids… because a girl still has to eat, right?
Nov
I can only assume that I’m not the only one who was a very independent person before they acquired their disability. The brain injury which caused my disability and resulted in-my particular deficits may be different to others, but I feel like anyone who wasn’t born with theirs may very well relate though. Having been […]
AAC users have attendees on their feet at AGOSCI 2019
Sep
The AGOSCI Conference 2019 was held for the first time in WA and you could feel the energy and positive vibe from attendees and exhibitors as you entered the doors to the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre. The focus of presentations this year was on three main themes; ‘Building Connections’, ‘Changing Practice’ and ‘Building Your […]
Alinker helps Jean keep rolling and moving!
Sep
I first saw the Alinker walking bike on-line and just knew I had to trial it. I got my chance after contacting the Care Kiosk in NSW who sent it to the Independent Living Centre WA (ILC WA) in Nedlands who helped make it happen. When the day finally came to trialing the Alinker, […]
Creating my own custom AT
Aug
AT Chat interviews and explores the benefits, process and barriers to customising assistive technology (AT) with expert AT user Ricky Buchanan. Ricky has been customising AT for many years including adapting a drumstick and an over the head mounted computer screen. Can you tell us why you have customised so much AT? What’s the advantages […]
Come Design with Me
Jul
Co-design is something that we hear a lot about these days but what exactly is it? Co-design is one of many terms that describe several design techniques used mostly within the public sector. You may also hear terms such as Participatory design, Co-creation and Open design. The blanket term of Universal design is also incorrectly […]
To trike or not to trike, that is the question
May
By guest blogger Jenny McAllister For some time now I have really wanted to get out more and be more active. Watching people running and exercising along the beach and not being able to join in is really frustrating to me and so I knew I needed to come up with a solution that incorporated […]
How “Brailliant” Technology Has Been in my Life
Apr
By Guest blogger Vanessa Vlajkovic Few people reading this blog will be able to imagine what it feels like to depend on technology almost like oxygen. Okay so I might be exaggerating just a tiny bit because air is really more important than most things in life. But on a serious note, I am not […]
Learning to listen with my eyes
Apr
When I was a teenager several years ago, I was walking home one day and two excitable puppies started following me. Of course, I had to find out where they lived; so I started door knocking. I rang the bell of one house, and saw a light flashing at the back door. Soon after, a […]
New project explores how eye gaze technology can support students to engage in learning
Mar
Following a pilot project in 2018 to increase schools’ awareness about and access to eye gaze technology for recreation, communication and learning, the ILC is undertaking a new project titled Eye Gaze: Access All Learning Areas. Thanks to a grant from Non-Government Centre Support (NGCS), ILC speech pathologists and occupational therapists will work within schools […]