Switching devices and independence of disabled people

Home Automation Prototype Controlled by Mobile Devices for Disabled People

In th is work, the design and implementation of a domotic installation that is controlled by a mobile device is shown. This device controls different ambient variables inside a home without the need of new communication infrastructure. X-10 protocol is used for this purpose. This system uses a tablet as a graphical user interface (GUI) and by Bluetooth sends information to a metalanguage interf...

Assisted suicide and disabled people.

Utilitarianism, poverty and development of disabled people.

This study aims to analyze the influences of human development factors in the experience of disabled people based on social scenarios of inequality. The data collected were standardized and allocated in thematic categories. The analysis was based on liberal utilitarianism. The conclusion is that there is legislation in Brazil that guarantees the disabled people's development in areas such as he...

Causing disabled people to exist and causing people to be disabled.

Attempts to determine or to select what kind of person or people to bring into existence are controversial. This is particularly true of “negative selection” or “selecting against” a certain type of person—that is, the attempt to prevent a person of a certain type, or people of that type, from existing. Virtually everyone agrees that some instances of negative selection are objectionable—for ex...

Learning Applications for Disabled People

This chapter presents e-learning practices and applications, which target people with visual and hearing disabilities. The first part discusses an elearning application, which targets visually impaired people while the second part presents an e-learning application for the teaching of the English language to deaf and hearing impaired people. The final part presents a study about the relationshi...