Moving from pediatric to adult healthcare is a time of stress and opportunity for adolescents with special healthcare needs (ASHCN) and their families. With over 90% of children with special healthcare needs surviving into young adulthood, there is an increasing imperative to actively engage youth in preparing for the adult system (Betz and Smith 2011; Pai and Schwartz 2011). The goal of transi...

Evreinov Grigori, Evreinova Tatiana. "Breath-Joystick" – Graphical Manipulator for Physically Disabled Users. Computer Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP2000. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Helping People with Special Needs. . july 17-21, 2000, Karlsruhe, Germany. p.p. 193-200. Abstract The paper are devoted to investigation of possible ways of designing of al...

This survey paper addresses some issues related to the application of computer vision techniques to improve the welfare of people with special needs. The main problems and current work on topics like sign language processing and wheelchair control will be presented. The paper also introduces an ongoing project that aims at creating a free software environment that will include implementations o...

Background People with special health care needs continue to have difficulties accessing regular dental partly due oral professionals feeling they lack the knowledge and experience provide treatment these individuals. Methods Qualitative interviews focus groups provided an insight into types nature of supports that working in Australian public system desired felt may improve their willingness a...