Cultural attitudes towards mentally and physically challenged and handicapped fellow-humans have changed from culture to culture and from century to century. But all cultures seem to have visible or hidden recognition of the dignity and uniqueness and sometimes divine characteristics of the handicapped. From bodily and mentally challenged acrobats and artists in the Chinese Imperial Court and t...

Gaze estimation has been an active research and important technique for seriously physically handicapped person to communicate. In this paper, we proposed eye tracking method using electrooculogram signals which is small-burden. However, there is a problem that the resolution is not so high. Our experiments were conducted to investigate the EOG component strongly correlated with changes in eye ...

ion Data analysis: Incidence rates Data use: Needs assessment, monitoring, service planning, case identification, grant proposals, education Monitoring: Yes Funding source: Title V and State general fund Staff: None, cooperative effort across programs Surveillance reports on file: Congenital Anomalies in 1991 Maternal and Child Health Assessment of Data Procedure manual: Additional information ...

It is useful to consider, not only what the birth of a physically handicapped child does to parents, but also what it does to us as professional people. Even though we (doctors, nurses, almoners, psychologists, social workers) are trained in a field where distress and tragedy are part of our daily work, the birth of a very abnormal baby gives us a severe shock, whether we are conscious of it or...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this report are to determine the following: (1) the effectiveness of the toilet training methods, (2) which factors modify the effectiveness of toilet training, (3) if the toilet training methods are risk factor for adverse outcomes, and (4) the optimal toilet training method for achieving bowel and bladder control among patients with special needs. DATA SOURCES M...