Table 1.

Interview Cohort Participant Information

ID	Age	Diagnosis	Sex	Education (Years)	Occupation	Familiarity with computers	ALS- SSSa	TICS-mb
I-01	67	PD	M	16	engineer	expert user	10	39
I-02	58	ALS	M	16	sales professional	expert user	9	35
I-03	63	ALS	M	14	engineer	expert user	9	35
I-04	59	MS	M	17	journalist	expert user	9	35
I-05	59	SMA	M	14	IT professional	expert user	9	38
I-06	71	MS, PD	F	13	clerical work	some familiarity	9	37
I-07	52	MS	F	20	professor	some familiarity	9	40
I-08	73	ALS	M	18	editor, monk	some familiarity	7	41
I-09	61	ALS	M	16	engineer	expert user	9	40
I-10	59	PLS	F	17	real estate broker; teacher	some familiarity	9	35
I-11	59	MS	F	24	doctor	expert user	10	41
I-12	61	ALS	F	16	teacher	some familiarity	9	33
I-13	55	ALS	M	18	teacher	some familiarity	7	38
I-14	59	ALS	F	14	lab technician	expert user	4	26
I-15	72	MSA	F	20	teacher	expert user	8	35

Note. I =Interview Respondent, PD = Parkinson’s disease, ALS = Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, MS = Multiple Sclerosis, SMA = Spinal Muscular Atrophy, PLS = Primary Lateral Sclerosis, MSA = Multiple Systems Atrophy, ALS-FRS = ALS Functional Rating Scale, ALS-SS = ALS Severity Scale, TICS-m = Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status – modified.

^aThis assessment has a range of 0-10 points.

^bThis assessment has a range of 0-50 points.