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The Open Access team has created a number of resources to support your journey with Assistive Technology implementation.  The resources are here to help you navigate through the various aspects of the consideration of Assistive Technology.

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The AT Resource FlipKit was developed to support educators in finding tools and strategies which support access for students.

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The AT Resource Flipkit was developed to support educators in finding tools and strategies which support access for students. These resources have been vetted as options to support access and learning. If you are considering trying or implementing a new tool, please check with your district to ensure the specific product or resource meets your district's student privacy requirements . Use the filters below to explore specific strategies and tools that can help eliminate barriers to learning which exist within the learning environment and specific lesson plans you are designing.

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Get to know how Android is built to be accessible to everyone-from supporting adaptive switches to using machine learning to help make things easier to hear.

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Resources for the International AER Conference, July 24, 2024 and the Deep Dive Into the Math Checklists webinar, April 29, 2025.

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Building strong digital math skills

Students with visual impairments must have strong skills to access and produce increasing complex digital math content. The current lack of digital math best practices is driving a need for guidelines to help TSVIs build a strong digital math program for their students and to build consistency across the United States. As a field we need to understand what digital math skills to teach our students, when these skills should be taught and how to teach these skills.

We, the national TEAM Initiative, are developing digital math checklists organized by grade levels that TSVIs can use to ensure that students have the knowledge and skills needed in today's digital classroom. These checklists include links to resources, manipulatives, tutorials, lessons, accessible apps and more.

We recognize that there are challenges with digital math, including:

Students have different tech skills

Students have different math skills

Different types of available technology

TSVIs have different skill sets

TSVIs have not been trained in digital math skills

Lack of digital math resources and lessons

Lack of accessible math applications

Students with visual impairments will need multiple tools in their toolbox and should be introduced to and become proficient with a variety of devices and tools in order to access and complete various types of math assignments. This includes but is not limited to using a Perkins brailler, manipulatives, tactile graphics, tablet paired with a braille display, braille notetaker and laptop paired with a braille display. Research dictates that it takes 3 years to fully master a tech skill. It is our belief that students should enter kindergarten with tech skills equivalent to their sighted peers, including access to age-appropriate educational math games. This is often through touch screen devices (tablets and/or smart phones) with a screen reader and ideally paired with a braille display, prior to entering kindergarten. Students should be introduced to a notetaker or should be using a refreshable braille display efficiently in early elementary and should be introduced to a laptop by late elementary school in preparation for using a laptop (paired with a braille display/braille notetaker) for most activities in middle school.

Resources
Download these important digital math resources!
Skills checklists and resources

Below are the available Digital Math Skills Checklists and accompanying resources for you to download and use. Stay tuned as more resources are added and as these resources are updated!

Manipulatives

Manipulatives and hands-on tools are critically important. They should be used to introduce and build solid foundational math concepts prior to applying the math concept to a digital format.

Tablet

Notetaker

Computer

Calculator

Orion TI-30XS Talking Scientific Calculator

Orion TI-84+ Talking Graphing Calculator

Desmos Calculators

Feedback

The digital math checklists are fluid and will continue to evolve as educators provide feedback, as technology improves and as new resources become available. Your input is needed to shape and maintain the integrity of these checklists. Fill out the 5-question feedback form as you use a checklist with a student or anytime you have suggestions or comments. Use the same form for each checklist; you can fill out the form with new comments at any time. Help guide the national transition to create equality across the nation for BLV students to have strong digital math skills!

Feedback Form link or use the QR code below:

Resource

Larkin, S. K., Osterhaus, S. A., Brauner, D. M., & Herzberg, T. S. (2024). Digital Math Skills Checklists. TEAM Initiative at Perkins School for the Blind. https://www.perkins.org/resource/digital-math-introducing-skill-level-checklists/

This resource was created as part of the TEAM Initiative (Tech Equity and Access in Math) to assist Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments to students for success in math classes using digital resources by providing skills checklists and teaching resources. If you would like more information about the TEAM Initiative or the checklists, contact Leslie Thatcher at [email protected] .

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Michelle is an occupational therapist with over 39 years of experience in the area of assistive technology. She is the former Clinical Director of The Assistive Technology Clinics of The Children’s Hospital of Denver and has been in private practice; Access to Independence, Inc., for 20 years. Michelle’s work in assistive technology covers a broad range of roles and services.

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The Tennessee Association for Assistive Technology (TAAT) is a non-profit organization designed to provide information, support and education regarding the use of AT to increase independence and learning for students with special needs.

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Your State AT Program is a Good Place to Start

A good way to think about assistive technology (AT) is by identifying function - what is it the device will help a person with a disability do, like read text, type, hear the TV, dial the phone, rise more easily from a chair - rather than by diagnosis, e.g. AT for people with Parkinson's, age, e.g. AT for seniors, or by setting, e.g. AT for work.

Contact your state AT program for "information and assistance" to help narrow down a category. Depending upon the cost and complexity of the device in which you are interested, they may recommend you explore a formal evaluation, and/or suggest that you borrow the item from their device lending program. The state AT program may also offer to arrange a demonstration that provides you with "hands on" experience with AT devices.

State AT Programs provide many free services (pdf). Most often there is no charge for information and assistance or a device demonstration. There is sometimes a nominal fee associated with borrowing a device to help cover shipping costs.

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Assessing Students' Needs for Assistive Technology

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Graspable Math lets you turn static mathematical expressions into dynamic objects!

Use our full-size app at https://graspablemath.com/canvas or this sidebar extension. Both allow you to drag most static math expressions from Wikipedia or many other pages onto the canvas to make them interactive.

Our dynamic algebra notation is backed by research from Indiana University Bloomington and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Use this extension to open a sidebar that lets you work on any algebra on the page. After you drag and drop formulas into the sidebar or enter them directly, you can then interact with the terms to create algebraic derivations. Drag and drop from other pages than Wikipedia might or might not work. Contact us about adding support for your favorite page!

Features:

- drag text and Wikipedia images of math expressions into the sidebar to make them interactive
- interact with expressions using mouse gestures: https://graspablemath.com/tutorial/
- move whole derivations around by picking them up on their margin
- pack and unpack lines of a derivation by dragging their handles up and down
- copy a line of a derivation by dragging its handle to the side and dropping it on a free space
- substitute values by dragging one side of an equation onto matching targets

Why does this extension need access to all my tabs?
This is necessary to add the GM sidebar into the current page when you press the GM extension button. Nothing happens unless you press the GM button and we do not gather information about the content of the page.

Recent Updates:

Version 1.3.0

- update to GM version 2.23.9 (new math actions, many fixes)
- fixes dragging math expressions onto the sidebar

Version 1.2.0

- update to GM version 2.3.3 (new fraction gestures, better target visualizations, many bugs fixed)
- better login flow when saving your work (no need to log into Chrome)

Version 1.1.0

- updated to lastest GM version 2.1.6: now shows where to place picked up terms
- new saving, loading and sharing menus, connected to your https://graspablemath.com/canvas account

Version 1.0.1

- added a how-to video for the sidebar to the help menu

Version 1.0.0

- update to Graspable Math version 1.0.2
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- replaced input field with insert menu + math keyboard

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Magnifier works like a digital magnifying glass, using the camera on your iPhone or iPad to increase the size of anything you point it at - from a prescription bottle to a candlelit menu. For those who are blind or have low vision and want more information about their physical surroundings, Detection Mode in Magnifier combines input from the camera, LiDAR Scanner, and on-device machine learning to offer intelligent tools like People Detection, Door Detection, Image Descriptions, Text Detection, and Point and Speak.

If you're standing in line, you can use People Detection to determine a person's proximity to you. Door Detection can help you navigate by identifying doors, text, and the presence of symbols - such as a restroom symbol, a no smoking symbol, or an accessible-entrance symbol - within a few feet of you. Image Descriptions and Text Detection let you hear more about people, objects, landscapes, and text in your camera's field of view. And Point and Speak makes it easier to interact with physical objects that have text, like household appliances, keypads, or labels on files. As you point and move your finger over or under different buttons or elements, your iPhone or iPad reads the text out loud, so you can perform everyday activities and tasks with more ease and independence.

Put moments into words.

Match your levels to your location.

Look down for a heads‑up.

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AssistiveTouch for Apple Watch lets people with upper-body limb differences use their Apple Watch without ever having to touch the display or controls. Using built-in motion sensors and on-device learning, Apple Watch detects subtle differences in muscle movements and tendon activity, letting you control the display through hand gestures like a pinch or a clench. Answer incoming calls, control an onscreen motion pointer, and access Notification Center, Control Center, and more. You can also use AssistiveTouch for Apple Watch to run shortcuts with Siri to complete tasks or modify VoiceOver and Switch Control settings on your iPhone.

AssistiveTouch for iOS and iPadOS helps you adapt standard gestures - like pinch, rotate, or swipe - to make them more comfortable for you. You can make other actions, like changing volume, accessible from the AssistiveTouch menu.

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Assistive Access makes it easy for people with cognitive disabilities to tailor iPhone and iPad to reduce cognitive load and suit their specific needs. Designed with feedback from individuals with cognitive disabilities and their trusted supporters, this feature helps people focus on the activities they enjoy most and that are foundational to iPhone and iPad - connecting with friends and family, taking and sharing photos, and listening to music.

Assistive Access offers a distinctive interface with high-contrast buttons and large text labels, as well as tools to help individuals and trusted supporters focus the experience in specific apps - Phone and FaceTime (which have been combined into a single Calls app), Messages, Camera, Photos, and Music. You can also choose a more visual, grid-based layout for your Home Screen and apps, or a row-based layout if you prefer text.

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ATMakers.org introduces Makers and Assistive Technology (AT) users and give these two communities the tools they need to collaborate.

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The ideal computer operating system (OS) makes it easy for everyone, including people with disabilities. No matter what the intended purpose of the OS is - for work, information, or entertainment - the system should be completely accessible.

Should you choose or for accessibility? We review some of the latest accessibility features of these world-leading operating systems so that you can make an informed choice.

Windows accessibility features

Brightness, contrast, and color control

Text and image magnifier

Narrator for audio interaction

New caption themes

Mono Audio Option

Eye control

Voice typing and navigation

If using a mouse is challenging, Windows provides a feature called Mouse Keys. When Mouse Keys is enabled the user can use their numeric keypad to control the cursor on their screen.

Mac accessibility features

Zoom features

Custom display

Spoken content

Audio features

RTT features

Caption features

Voice control

Pointer control

Keyboard features

Switch controls

Making informed decisions

When choosing an operating system, there are many factors to consider. For those who need accessibility features, it is essential to assess the level of support offered as well as the needs. Becoming familiar with the various accessibility features across operating systems is a starting point in picking the system that will work best for each person.

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Microsoft 365 apps seamlessly integrate with assistive technologies and accessibility settings on most devices. Additionally, some applications offer built-in Ease of Access settings and Learning Tools to enhance reading and writing experiences for people of all abilities.

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As I was working on a master's degree in special education and a certificate in assistive technology, I had an opportunity to survey the domain of assistive technology (AT) - in particular electronic input devices. The first thing I noticed was the mind-numbing variety of available pressure switches with huge amounts of overlap in functionality and features. They're also hugely expensive. It was difficult to determine why a particular manufacturer chose to incorporate a particular feature set into their switch, but once incorporated, there was little or no support for customization.

In retrospect, this is the unavoidable result of the selection of traditional mass production manufacturing methods by companies trying to serve a market that is small in size and incredibly diverse in its needs. The hallmarks of mass production are: huge set-up costs and small per-item costs. Any changes in design require significant investment, up front, that have to be cost-justified. The market for assistive technology is small and it has no "sweet-spot" - every individual with a disability is an amalgam of unique needs and desires. AT users are typically required to accommodate their device rather than the other way around.

For my master's project, I decided to propose A Modular Architecture for Control and Communication Assistive Technology Devices. While researching and writing the paper I happened to purchase a 3D Printer and immediately saw the opportunity that 3D printing created for low cost, one-off (personalized), manufacturing. The technology is also simple enough to use that it could be put into the hands of people close to the individuals with disabilities - OTs, PTs, SLPs, ATPs, and even families. Putting the implementation of assistive technology close to the people who will use it ensures that the needs and preferences of those individuals will be considered.

I began working on a proof of concept for a low cost, modular pressure switch that could be 3D-printed and easily assembled from off the shelf electronics (no soldering required). The result is the "Volksswitch" and this website. Since then, I've designed several other customizable, personalizable, 3D-printable AT devices. These, along with the Volksswitch are the "Volks-Devices" and they're just the tip of what's possible.

Volksswitch.org ("The People's AT Devices") was loosely inspired by the original Volkswagen ("The People's Car").

(The following was stolen, almost verbatim, from Wikipedia.)
In April 1934, the German government ordered Ferdinand Porsche to design a Volkswagen (literally, "people's car" in German). The government insisted on a basic vehicle that could transport two adults and three children at 100 km/h (62 mph) while not using more than 7 liters of fuel per 100 km (32 mpg US/39 mpg UK). The engine had to be powerful for sustained cruising on Germany's new Autobahnen. Everything had to be designed to ensure parts could be quickly and inexpensively exchanged. The engine had to be air-cooled because not every country doctor had his own garage. In general, radiators filled with water would freeze unless the vehicle was kept in a heated building overnight or drained and refilled each morning.) The "People's Car" would be available to citizens of Germany through a savings scheme, or Sparkarte (savings booklet), at 990 Reichsmark, about the price of a small motorcycle.

The Volkswagen clearly achieved its goal of being an inexpensive, highly functional, and highly reliable automobile for the average person. Volksswitch.org has similar aspirations in terms of cost, functionality and reliability for all its designs, but simultaneously aspires to high levels of customization and personalization - a capability which is only now feasible via the technology of 3D printing. If you believe, like I do, that it's possible, please contact me by submitting some information about yourself on our contact page. All designs developed by Volksswitch are provided, free of charge, to the public.
Power to the People!
Ken Hackbarth

P.S. If you've come to Volksswitch.org looking for our keyguard designer, follow the link in the navigation bar above to our "Volks-Devices" or click on the image below.

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California

Contact Information

Lilly Walters
Phone
909-815-8535

California

The one hand typing system which gives the typist the greatest speed, is easiest and gives the user a greater feeling of self-esteem is called One Hand QWERTY. In this, the typist centers his or her fingers on FGHJ, on a normal standard keyboard. This is a much better system than any one handed keyboard, or alternative layouts like one hand Dvorak.

I know, I am a one handed typist. I type from 40 - 85 wpm

IMPORTANT:

Most one handed typists who cannot type well are trying to look at the keys as they type. This hunt and peck method will never allow anyone to be fast! Just look at your friends who are two-handed 'hunt and peckers,' they too are slow!

You are going to need to spend hours in front of a keyboard, practicing the one-hand typing drills to teach you to type without looking at the keys. There is no getting around it - it's called touch-typing. Every GOOD typist, is a touch-typist, regardless of how many hands they are using to type. Good, and great one handed typists get that way by forcing themselves to practice the One Hand Typing drills, without looking at the keys, and using the correct finger for each letter and number.

One Hand QWERTY Touch Typing

In touch typing you have a HOMEBASE. In one hand typing your homebase is FGHJ. Use the four fingers on your able hand to set on FGHJ. See the numbers in black at the top of the image below? Each finger is given a number.

The F finger is Finger 1. If you are a Right One Handed Typist, your pointer finger is Finger One, and it's homebase key is F. If you are a Left One Handed Typist, your pinkie is Finger One. Finger One also handles all the keys above, below and to the left of F, so the number 4 over to the number 1. Finger One also does
QWER
ASDF
ZXCV

See the numbers in the black bar at the top of our graphic for the other keys to which each finger is assigned.

Every finger has a set keys - letters and numbers - as it's specfic responsibility. Each finger needs to learn which keys are it's job, and where they are on the keyboard without looking.

Some of that information is below, without the practice areas.

Overview of were to put the equipment
Keyboard: Offset It To The Side Of Your Body!
If you were using two-hands, the keyboard would center straight out from your belly button - the middle of your body. The keyboard for a one-handed typist is offset to the side, depending on which hand the typist uses. If you use the right hand, it offsets to the right. If you use the left hand, it will offset to the left.

You center 'HOME BASE,' on the keyboard (HOME BASE is the four keys in the very center of all the letters - F G H J), just about straight out from your hip.

To find just the right place for your keyboard, sit at your work area, and allow your arms to hang down. Keeping your elbow pressed lightly at your side, take your typing arm and lift just the lower arm up naturally. Keep the elbow at your waist. Your arm should not be reaching forward, left, or right. Ideally, it is also not reaching upwards, but coming straight out.

Position the keyboard so the F G H J keys on the keyboard are directly under your hand. If your desk area will not allow the keyboard to sit where it needs to, get a compact keyboard.

NOTE! You cannot use those keyboards that split the keyboard in two halves.

Drop-Down Racks

Drop-down racks for the keyboard are terrific! I could not get through a full day at work without one. Do get one if you can. However, many of these desks with keyboard racks assume you only want space for a normal keyboard centered in front of your body. They have room for your legs only just below the drop-down rack. A one-hand typist's body must be off set to the keyboard. The rack must allow us to offset our bodies to the side of the keyboard, or the keyboard needs to be off set to the side of us. Note how mine is actually off of the rack!

Right-Handed Typists and Drop-Down Keyboard Racks

A right-handed typist slides the keyboard to off set to right side our bodies. Because of the calculator on the side of the keyboard, you need a rack long enough to allow it slide over quite a bit.

Three Solutions for the right-handed keyboarder:

1) See if the desk allows you to move the screen and your chair over to the left of the rack,

2) My keyboard hangs over the right side of my rack by about 8 inches! On my keyboard, I have added two additional holders, which sits on top of my drop-down keyboard rack. These additional holders were meant to lift the front of the keyboard, and support the typist's wrists. They are padded, and made of plastic. In addition to lifting the front of my keyboard, they support the keyboard, and allow me to slide over the edge of the rack. Before you buy a desk, experiment with sliding the keyboard.

3) Buy a small compact keyboard, a child keyboard, or a left handed keyboard with the "adding machine" keys on the left, rather than the right. These are more expensive. See the resources page at aboutonehandtyping.com

Tilt The Keyboard

You will most likely need to angle your keyboard up, so the back of it is lower than the front. Typists put a great deal of strain on their hands. I think one-hand keyboarders put even more on their hand, as it is doing the job of two. Titling the keyboard allows the hand and wrist to be in a more natural position.

There are all kinds of devices on the market now that lift the front of the keyboard. I actually use two to suit my body's comfort. Some are made of material, some of plastic. Most have a soft padding on which you rest the lower part of your palm. These go a long way to help you type all day with enjoyment.

: Try using a Suggestion child's keyboard, the keys are set closer together. A lap top is also smaller, but one handed typists should not be using most kinds of lap tops.
Mouse: Adapt To Your Circumstance
After you learn the One-Hand Typing System, you will then have a great need for the mouse. At that point, you will need to adapt. See this link will all kinds of tips.
Screen: Directly In Front Of You
Put the screen 2 to 3 feet in front of you. Place it where you will not need to turn your body or head to see the screen. It should be at eye level, so you don't need to look down, nor up - just naturally straight ahead. You can raise the screen by placing it on one of the many little shelves, or racks, built for this purpose. Those great big old dictionaries and encyclopedia you used to use, before you became a keyboard wizard, will lift the screen nicely too. But do consider getting a shelf to lift the screen up. This will give you more desk space in your work area.

If, after you practice a few minutes, you find yourself leaning forward to see the screen, you need to adjust something. Either move your chair forward, or pull the screen towards you. You should not be straining your body or eyes when you type. I have seen some computer desks that only allow the screen to be set off to the side of the body. Avoid these! The screen must be exactly in front of your head.
One-Hand Typing Manual: Try For Directly In Front Of You
With A Computer:

Place the manual in front of you. Ideally, you will have the CD version, and your drills will appear on the screen. But, if you are using a printed manual, it would be directly in front of you, so you do not need to turn your head. If your screen is up high enough, you can place the manual just below it.

With A Typewriter:

If you are using a typewriter, the manual and stand sit just to the side of the typewriter. If the typewriter is centered off the right side of your body, the manual and stand will go to the left, so it is almost straight in front of you.

Paper Holder Or Stand

You need something to hold the manual up almost straight. Do not let it lie flat your desk! You cannot sit up properly if you are craning over your desk. If you cannot afford one of those dandy stands, made for holding papers, then find something you can prop up the manual up against. Always prop up whatever you are reading from, so it is almost perpendicular to your desk.
Chairs and Rules On How To Sit
I hope you will fall in love with typing, and the wonderful world it will open to you! If you do, you are going to get pooped! Everybody gets pained and fatigued doing the same motions over and over.

Rules

Find a chair that is comfortable. You will only be a good student for as long as your derriere is comfy!

You need to sit up straight. Your spine should be going straight up towards the sky.

Your body must not be twisted to the left or right.

Your head should be looking straight forward, not downwards, nor upwards.

Your arms should come naturally from your body. If you hold them up, fighting gravity, you will become tired much too soon.

Adapting The Rules To Your Body's Challenges

I find my less-able hand does not bend the way other hands bend. I had a huge bean bag made by a friend; it holds my mouse at the angle and lets my wrists be in a more natural position.

Once you get started, pay attention to how your hands and body feel. If they are fatigued, try moving the mouse to a higher point, or lower. My mother has a short stand, at the level of her lap for her mouse. I like my mouse higher, about the level of my waist. I also like my screen much higher than most people do, it is easier on my eyes. You will find what is best for your body.

Energy and Aches

Keyboarding, and the great world that will be open to you, is addicting! You will want to spend hours glued to your keyboard. At first, you won't notice any aches at all. I see typists sit on the floor, with the keyboard in their lap for hours, and they just get a tiny bit stiff. You can too, for several weeks, then you will start to do permanent damage!

To Avoid Damage To Your Body

If you do the same motion over, and over, like typing, you being to get permanent aches. To avoid these:

Get up and move every 15 minutes. Wiggle and shake your body, exercise as you can for 15 - 30 seconds, give your body, your eyes, your hands and wrists, a good stretch.

Make sure to stretch out your hands and wrists. Gently pull your hand back, then press it forward. If you are using two-hands, do this with both hands. Don't make them hurt, do make the pull a nice pleasant stretch.

Take care of your eyes! They will become glued to the screen for so long, they will start to go bad! Every few minutes focus on something across the room, then close you eyes for a count of 10. Your eyes will appreciate this habit 10 years from now and treat you well.

To Help Ease Aches, Strains and Pains

Experiment, with what causes the least stress to your wrists and arms.

Move the height of your keyboard (hopefully you have one of those adjustable drop-down keyboard racks). You might need to adjust it every few hours

Alternate the tilt of keyboard and/or your mouse. You may want the keyboard very low, with the end closest to you lifted very high, perhaps at a 45 degree angle.

Move the placement of your mouse to a higher, or lower level.

Get a beanbag made that lifts your wrists to a position that is natural and comfortable. I have two and I switch them every hour. Shake and form your bean bag to fit your body for the greatest comfort. Bean bags can also be used to lift the keyboard at angles so it is more comfortable. Beans bags can be easily made from beans or rice, or purchased from most toy stores, and thrift shops. Some very small pillows will work well too.

Have a small pillow or two that you can place under your elbow/s.

Consider wrist braces. Many types are sold at the pharmacy. If you use them, take your arm/s out of the braces every 15 minutes, stretch and shake your arms and wrists.

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Contact Information Lilly Walters Phone 909-815-8535 California Contact Information Lilly Walters Phone 909-815-8535 California The one hand typing system which gives the typist the greatest speed, is easiest and gives the user a greater feeling of self-esteem is called One Hand QWERTY. In this, the typist centers his or her fingers on FGHJ, on a normal standard keyboard.