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• Nerves & brain >> Motor Neurone Disease >> Carers >> Roger - Interview 41 >> Writing and typing were not easy for Teresa. Her husband adapted her Lightwriter so the keyboard was alphabetical, and programmed in key phrases. They

Roger was married to Teresa, who was diagnosed with bulbar onset MND. She died a year ago, aged 64, less than six months after the diagnosis.

• Nerves & brain >> Motor Neurone Disease >> Bulbar onset >> Mike - Interview 23 >> He has a Lightwriter but prefers white boards. He uses texting and the internet. His sons ring up and tell him what they've been doing. [Mike is unabl

Mike was diagnosed with bulbar onset MND 2 years ago in 2005. He is now unable to speak, so was interviewed through his wife Gill. He uses a whiteboard and Lightwriter to communicate. He has a PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy).

• Nerves & brain >> Motor Neurone Disease >> Rarer forms - familial/inherited >> Ken - Interview 34 >> He finds his 'Say-it! SAM' device quicker than a Lightwriter and more fun. Other people don't get so impatient waiting for him to say something. [Ken

Ken was diagnosed with rare inherited (familial) form of MND less than a year ago (2006). He has limited arm and leg movement, has a PEG and uses a Lightwriter to speak, but carried on working until a month ago. Interviewed through his wife Chris.

• Nerves & brain >> Motor Neurone Disease >> Rarer forms - familial/inherited >> Ken - Interview 34 >> He finds his 'Say-it! SAM' device quicker than a Lightwriter and more fun. Other people don't get so impatient waiting for him to say something. [Ken

Ken was diagnosed with rare inherited (familial) form of MND less than a year ago (2006). He has limited arm and leg movement, has a PEG and uses a Lightwriter to speak, but carried on working until a month ago. Interviewed through his wife Chris.

• Nerves & brain >> Motor Neurone Disease >> ALS- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/MND aged 50-64 >> Stuart - Interview 05 >> The MND Association provided a voice amplifier and a Lightwriter so he could talk to his mother who is deaf. He jokes about the sound of the Lightwrit

Stuart first noticed symptoms (legs shaking) almost 20 years ago. MND diagnosed 9 years ago (1997), after years of tests and investigations. Now uses a wheelchair.

• Nerves & brain >> Motor Neurone Disease >> Bulbar onset >> Sarah - Interview 21 >> After some frustrating failed experiments with voice software, she successfully uses a system called EZ Keys with a chin switch. [Voice software inter

Sarah was diagnosed 7 years ago when 7 months pregnant with her second baby in 2000. Now she cannot use her arms or walk unaided, and her speech is affected, so she uses voice software to communicate.

• Nerves & brain >> Motor Neurone Disease >> Bulbar onset >> Sue - Interview 31 >> She misses being able to talk, laugh and shout, but she loves her voice software and the freedom it gives her to express herself. [Voice software inte

Sue was diagnosed with bulbar onset motor neurone disease less than a year ago (2006). She is now unable to speak and uses a laptop with voice software. Her arms and legs are still relatively strong.

• Nerves & brain >> Motor Neurone Disease >> Bulbar onset >> Sue - Interview 31 >> More needs to be done to raise awareness of the needs of speech-impaired people, and ways need to be found to use voice software on the telephone. [Vo

Sue was diagnosed with bulbar onset motor neurone disease less than a year ago (2006). She is now unable to speak and uses a laptop with voice software. Her arms and legs are still relatively strong.

• Nerves & brain >> Motor Neurone Disease >> ALS- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/MND aged 50-64 >> Sandy - Interview 36 >> He'd like to see a keyboard you can use on the TV set so other people can share in what you're typing.

Sandy was diagnosed 5 years ago (2002) after noticing weakness in one arm. His arms have been worst affected, and now his speech and neck muscles are deteriorating, but he can still walk well.