ICT: An Ability for Disabled Students: Indian Context

We all see many people around us who are physically challenged. The first thought came in our mind is that they cannot do anything or they will never grow up in their life. On the other hand, when we talk of Technology, it is continuously exploring new and new things, which make our life much simpler and easy going. Technology, also consider these kinds of individuals and is trying to make their lives easier and simpler so that they can also be treated as a knowledgeable person and to make them stand with the normal man. Technology develops various tools and techniques for better learning and enhancing knowledge through Interactive Communication Techniques (ICT). There are various tools provided with this technique, which help the visually impaired students who want to see their life in a different manner

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of People With Disabilities: Report of a European Conference

[From Overview] The European Conference on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities was held in Warsaw, Poland, on 23-25 October 2003. The Conference was organized jointly by the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Poland and the International Labour Organization’s Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia in Geneva and Subregional Office in Budapest, in cooperation with the Central European Initiative. The overall purpose of the European Conference was to review the progress of legislation and practice over the past ten years in the field of vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities and the improvement of their labour market situation, particularly in countries in the process of transition; to discuss issues connected with the adjustment to European Union standards of legislation on the vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities; and to develop recommendations that would provide guidelines for activities and instruments aimed at promoting the vocational activity of persons with disabilities and supporting their employment

Adaptive technologies for library and information services for physically challenged in special education schools of Kaduna State

This study is an assessment of the use of adaptive technologies in library and information services for physically challenged in special education schools of Kaduna state. The researcher used survey research design for the study; the population for the study comprises library staff and students (physically challenged) of Kaduna state special education school (KASSES), Demonstration school for deaf children Kawo - Kaduna and Hope for the blind school Wusasa - Zaria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample for the study. Questionnaire and observation were adopted as instrument for data collection. Descriptive statistics technique was used to analyze the data and supported by tables and figures to aid clarity and understanding. The findings shows that computer, hearing aids and tape recorders are the most available, suitable and mostly utilized in all special education schools in north western states of Nigeria. This was indicated by high response recorded for computers (50%). Suggestions were offered on how to generally improve use of adaptive technologies for library and information services in special education school libraries of Kaduna State. The study concludes that qualified and dedicated service librarians should be posted to work in special education school libraries of Kaduna State. The study recommends that the state ministry of education should find ways of enhancing the use of adaptive technology in these special education schools because; these are genuine demand from adaptive technology users of the library

Robot skills and cognitive performance of preschool children

Several studies have demonstrated the potential of robots as assistive tools for play activities. Through the use of robots, children with motor impairments may be able to manipulate objects and engage in play activities as their typically developing peers, thus having the same opportunities to learn cognitive, social, motor and linguistic skills. Robot use can also provide a proxy measure of disabled children's cognitive abilities by comparing their performance with that of typically developing children. This paper reports a study with eighteen typically developing children aged three, four and five years to assess at which ages the cognitive concepts of causality, negation, binary logic, and sequencing are demonstrated during Lego robot use.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Disability resources for the educator

This thesis identifies what disability resources are currently accessible and needed by the educator in order to service the disabled student in the classroom. It is a compilation of medical, academic, financial and equipment resources currently available to the educator

Overcoming barriers and increasing independence: service robots for elderly and disabled people

This paper discusses the potential for service robots to overcome barriers and increase independence of elderly and disabled people. It includes a brief overview of the existing uses of service robots by disabled and elderly people and advances in technology which will make new uses possible and provides suggestions for some of these new applications. The paper also considers the design and other conditions to be met for user acceptance. It also discusses the complementarity of assistive service robots and personal assistance and considers the types of applications and users for which service robots are and are not suitable