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I think I sent a message lol. This forum format confuses me. We can also be found on Facebook. I am on there as Chuck Franklin and he is Jamiaon Franklin. We are in Birmingham, Alabama.

My son also has a Synapse DPS. He is a C1-C2 and we are about to start working toward getting him off the vent during the day. He is only 2 years post injury. Up to now he has been using the pacer to...

It was not co-ed. Just guys. It was an info sheet and slide show type of presentation. The slides were just of the info sheets. It wasn't very in depth. It was more about how an SCI effects the reprod...

David, you may qualify for a Medicaid waiver since you have a trach that will offer additional nursing hours or respite hours. We qualified for respite hours in our state Alabama. It's not many hours ...

My son was at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. They held a Sex-Ed class type setting but really just breezed right through it. Not a lot of information really. I'll see if we still have the info sheets...

Zuzu, you are definitely right about him being pissed. He tends to lash out at us from time to time. He finally got his chair back and it broke the next day. He spent another day in bed but the vendor...

zuzu, Thank you for your suggestions and insight. I really appreciate your advice. I looked at the eyewriter. He wasn't interested. Currently he gets online through his Xbox. He wants a QuadJoy mouth ...

Jamison uses his regularly and it works well. He surfs the Internet with his Xbox too and it works for that's as well. The guy who makes them does it by hand. The switches are mounted with a glue gun....

Thank you Valeria. I think just having a friend who understands would really be a boost. Your very kind. Did you look at the QuadControl?

Thank you Dr Gottlieb. Clinical depression is entirely possible as it seems to run in my family. My youngest sister and I are both bipolar. Seeing my son's depression causes me to struggle even more w...

I forgot to mention that his chair broke the other day so until repairs are made he is confined to the bed, unable to get on the Internet. Hopefully we will get his chair back tomorrow.

I'm intere...