Dear All,
Over the last few years UCL Multimedia has been working closely with the UCL
Institute of Neurology to develop a free online therapy to help stroke
sufferers read again. This collaborative project is funded by The Stroke
Association.
The web therapy is designed to help people who have Hemianopic Alexia (HA),
a condition that makes it difficult for them to read after having suffered a
stroke or head injury. As such we believe this is one of the first medical
therapies to be delivered in this way i.e. via a web application, anywhere
in the world.
On Thursday 10th June we officially launched the Read-Right website and the
UCL Communications news team have written a story about this medical and web
technology breakthrough. The full news article can be found here:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1006/10061001
Can I say thanks to everyone who has been involved in the development of
Read-Right over the years, including those who have given us useful feedback
and help throughout its development; especially those from The Stroke
Association, ISD Learning & Media Services, UCLH R&D, UCL Communications,
the BBC and The Christopher Little Literary Agency. The Read-Right website
can be found at...
http://www.readright.ucl.ac.uk/
Please feel free to sign-up for a free account even if it is just to see
what the application does. Better still if you do know of someone who has
had difficulty reading after a stroke or know of therapists who work with
patients with HA then please point them to the Read-Right website. Please
direct any general enquiries about Read-Right to...
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Kind regards,
Maurice
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Maurice Brown
Multimedia Developer
Learning & Media Services,
UCL (University College London),
The Windeyer Building,
Cleveland Street,
London W1T 4JF.
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Ext: 09607
Tel: (+44) (0) 20 7679 9607
Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/common/creative_services/film/multimedia
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