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Researchers see iPad as communication tool for disabled (AFP)

Most people view the iPad as a slick, multimedia entertainment platform, but Gregg Vanderheiden, a university professor, sees other potential uses for Appleâ??s new touch screen device.

“Say you have somebody whoâ??s had a stroke, for example, and they wake up and they canâ??t communicate,” said Vanderheiden, director of the Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.