WHEN PEOPLE WITH SCI HELP DESIGN IT
Jennifer French wrote the book on what it’s like to participate in a clinical trial. Called On My Feet Again, the 2012 publication includes her experience of testing an implanted neuro-prosthetic system that enables her to stand.
French, a C6-7 quad, is vice
president of the North American SCI Consortium and executive director of the
Neurotech Network.
“When you think about how smart phones
were designed, they have a full division of experts focused on the user,” says
French, who lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.
“Before anything is done, they gather input from the people who are going to use the finished product.
Contrast that with traditional medical research, where they rarely talk to the
end user until clinical trials.”
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