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Are iPads helpful to people with Parkinson's?

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Schadenfreude-Mei

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Posted - 28 Jul 2012 09:36

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Hey all,

I received an email asking for opinions on the iPad for pd sufferers. Although to me my symptoms are huge, after reading posts on here, i should consider myself lucky.

I have an iphone and an iPad as does my wife. The iPad is brilliant for browsing and quick emails and id love to get a keyboard like it (butt then I'm a gadget freak).

While the ipad is good for writing mails and forum posts, after prolonged use I find my hands get stiff and that's when the tremors start, after that its a lot of backspaceing. At the end of the day it is not a lappy replacement but diffinately has a use. How much of a use, I guess is down to your specific symptoms.

Hope this helps.

turnip

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Posted - 28 Jul 2012 11:24

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SM - hope you don't mind me asking but has the temperature thing settled down? someone else is having the same problem.

ezinda

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Posted - 30 Jul 2012 12:00

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Hi all,
Thanks for all the feedback!

The person who posted the question on Twitter has taken your responses and passed it along.

Take a look: http://bit.ly/OwWF49

Thanks again.