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ALS Glossary
- AAC
- Augmentative Alternative Communication
- ADA
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- ALS
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as MND, Motor Neuron Disease or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
- ALSA
- ALS Association (US)
- ALS TDI
- ALS Therapy Development Institute
- AT
- Assistive or Adaptive Technology
- BiPAP
- Bilateral Positive Air Pressure, a type of external ventilation.
- CALS
- Caregiver for a person with ALS (PALS)
- CPAP
- Constant Positive Air Pressure, a type of external ventilation.
- DME
- Durable Medical Equipment
- FRS
- Functional Rating Scale
- FVC
- Forced Vital Capacity, respiratory
- PALS
- Person or Patient with ALS.
- PEG
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, a type of feeding tube.
- TTS
- Text-To-Speech
 Because I have only limited functional use of one hand, I use Dasher, as shown here, to type without a keyboard, only a mouse. Great for loss of use of one hand, even if there's no fine motor control in your better hand. Also adaptable for eyegaze and head-mouse use. Give it a try! I supplement Dasher with an on-screen keyboard called Skeleton Key, created by a PALS, Dov Wisebrod.
 
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