ASPIRE, Aylesbury
Address:
Karten Mini CTEC Centre
The National Spinal Injuries Centre
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Mandeville Road
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP21 8AL
Centre Head:
Andrew Kell
Phone number:
020 8420 6732
Email:
Website:
Host organisation name:
ASPIRE
Date centre established:
November 2005
Focus of Centre:
The object of the Centre is to give access to people with spinal injuries to assistive computer technology for training in order to help them to communicate with family and friends during their stay in hospital and to improve their quality of life and independence after they have been discharged.
The Clients
Any patient in the centre can now have access to a PC, regardless of their level of injury – in particular patients with high-level spinal cord injuries and limited arm and hand movement.
The Technology
5 workstations
Assistive Technology
From voice-activated software, to a head tracker device, patients can now benefit from one to one adaptive assessments, thereby facilitating independent access to the many social benefits of IT.
Host organisation
ASPIRE
www.aspire.org.uk