Shona McEachran: Experiences of Assistive Technology for Communication
From IASLT in Conversation by IASLT
November 28, 2025 · 11 min · Season 4 · Episode 11
About this episode
Shona McEachran shares her experiences using Assistive Technology to communicate while living with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.
In this episode we talk to Shona McEachern who is living with a highly aggressive form of Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and is using Assistive Technology to help her communicate and control her environment. She is joined by speech and language therapist Caroline McLoughlin and clinical engineering technician Alan Joyce from Enable Ireland.
People in this episode
Guest: Shona McEachran
Topics covered
- Assistive Technology
- Communication
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Health
- Therapy
Keywords
- Assistive Technology
- communication
- Multiple Sclerosis
- speech therapy
- healthcare
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Enable Ireland, Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
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