Adaptive Clothing Designs for the Individuals with Special Needs

Adaptive Interfaces for People with Special Needs

This paper covers those aspects of modern interfaces which expand and enhance the way in which people interact with computers, like multi-touch table systems, presence-detection led displays and interactive virtualized real-life environments. It elaborates on how disabled or conditioned people take great advantage of natural interaction as interfaces adapt to their needs; interfaces which can b...

Discrepancies in health care funding for individuals with special needs.

Oral health evaluation in special needs individuals

Objective To identify the prevalence of the main oral problems present in special needs children and to relate the underlying conditions with the clinical and demographic variables. Methods The study was based on the physical examination of 47 students from the Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais diagnosed as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and intellectual deficit. For data collection...

Scale Validation of the FFIS for Mothers with Children with Special Needs

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the features of the Family-Focused Intervention Scale (FFIS) for mothers of children with special needs. Materials & Methods: Descriptive-survey and validation research methods’ were applied for the survey. Participants were drawn from a sample of 200 mothers of/with children with special needs in were selected from the special schoo...

Supporting Individuals with Special Needs through Intelligent Visual Schedules

Interventions to support individuals with cognitive disabilities surrounding the organization of time and activities often include what are known as visual schedules. These artifacts use words, images, and sometimes tangible objects to represent activities that will take place (or have taken place) arranged in temporal order to augment understanding of time, events, and places. Use of visual sc...