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IEM.
The first computer with Multiple Sclerosis

To raise awareness of what multiple sclerosis is and how it affects people living with it

The project consisted of creating the first Multiple Sclerosis computer: the IEM. With the collaboration of a technological partner, Impossible CP, we created the computer free of charge. This computer was like a conventional computer built with wires affected by the same problems as the neurons of a person with Multiple Sclerosis.  Because of this the computer reflects the same symptoms as a Multiple Sclerosis sufferer: mouse paralysis, blurred vision, clicking opens another tool, etc.

To raise awareness of the IEM, an event was held during the International Multiple Sclerosis Day. Volunteers from the LLYC Foundation organised and planned the event, and created materials and audiovisual identity. In addition to the computer, a website was created so that users can reproduce the effects of MSI at home and obtain more detailed information about the disease and its symptoms.

Impact.

The event was covered live by the media, and had a large number of impacts in the written and digital press.

"It's like a gift to my mother, who is affected by this disease, and it means going back a bit to the origin, to the moment when my mother explained to us that she had this disease. She did it with the metaphor of the wires that are stripped and that produce a short circuit".

Carlota Jiménez de Andrade
Project leader and Foundation LLYC Volunteer

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