ALS and linux

[Aaron Matteson]

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> Hello everyone
> I have a friend that has ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) or Lou 
> Gehrig's Disease and presently is using Windows XP which has pretty good 
> support for this type of situation, however my friend would like to know 
> if it would be possible for him to use linux.  He is unable to use the 
> keyboard and has to use the mouse exclusively.  So my question is is 
> there a distribution and/or software made for linux that you know of 
> that would be sympathetic to a person in this situation.  He would 
> really like to make the  switch.  Any info would be a help.  Thank you 
> in advance.

There are a feww projects out there for "Soft Keyboards" where the user
would be able to use the mouse exclusively in order to utilize this
onscreen keyboard.

Take a peek at some options:
http://www.tracecenter.org/linux/current.html

I would also consider searching google for "linux accessibility"
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