Assistive Interpreter for Specially Abled People Implemented using Arduino

School situation for specially abled children – How can we as qualitative researchers contribute?

School is and should be an important part in the lives of all children and youth. Much time is spent in school, and it serves not only as an educational arena but also as a social arena that fosters us as human beings. Lifelong friendships are ultimately developed in school, which serve as a protection when life gets rough. Our achievements in school predict our later possibilities to attend hi...

Treating Crazy People Less Specially

Assistive Devices For People With Motor Disabilities

There are many examples of assistive devices for people with manipulative and locomotive disabilities. These devices enable disabled people perform many activities of daily living thus improving their quality of life. Disabled people are increasingly able to lead an independent life and play a more productive role in society. In the case of disabled children, such assistive devices have been sh...

Assistive technology for people with neurological disability.

We live in the Era of Technology. Few aspects of our everyday lives are not mediated by electronic devices, ranging from the alarm clocks that launch our days to Internet-connected email and social networks and the satellite-fed videophones and GPS systems that link us to others in ways imagined only in science fiction novels just decades ago. As I write this, a people’s revolution in Egypt – p...

A Mobile Solution for Linguistic Communication with Deaf-Blind People Using Arduino and Android

Nowadays technology has been used for numerous purposes and it is still possible to find applications and solutions not explored before that could bring benefits to part of the population that has not received attention from many researches yet. This paper aims to present the main needs of deaf-blind people, their demands and a proposal of a mobile solution to facilitate and expand interpersona...