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...

This paper introduces the Body-Braille system which has been developed as a new communication channel for deaf-blind people using 6 micro vibration motors to present a Braille character and describes the support system using the Japanese mobile communication system combined with Body-Braille. Body-Braille has several advantages compared to other Braille systems. The control device of BodyBraill...

MOVICLOUD is a social simulation platform created by means of organizative multiagent systems that can be use as a game platform for labor integration of disabled people. This platform allows to configure a set of serious games oriented to the departments of human resources that can help in the task of adapt the work environment for disabled people, including spaces and business process.

conclusions lack of difference in self-esteem of disabled people in different degrees of disability and in both men and women suggests that disabled people should not be presumed to have low self-esteem, and their different aspects of life should be attended to, just like others. furthermore, studies should be designed and implemented based on psychological, social and environmental factors tha...

Objectives: The blind and visually disabled people form a predominant group in the disabled society and hence, need greater attention. Most of the rehabilitation therapists, especially occupational therapists, do not focus on this group. Thus, the aim of the study is to shed light on the issue of negligent attitude of rehabilitation therapists, especially occupational therapists, toward blind a...

A large number of impairments and disabilities in human body are increasing day by day because of different reasons like accidents, age, paralysis attack, etc. So disabilities increase in human body and also dependency on other people the quality of life decreasing day by day. The disabled or aged people need caretaker to take care of them and to help them to do movement. So, they always need s...

BACKGROUND Mental disorders are strongly associated with disabilities. National survey on disability could provide a reliable basis for policymaking in care and rehabilitation of disabled persons. This study aimed to describe the disability prevalence rates attributed to mental disorders, their distribution by sociodemographic factors, and utilizations of service. METHODS This study is a seco...

There is an increasing expectation that children, young people and their parents should participate in decisions that affect them. This includes decisions about their health and social care and collective or public decisions about the way in which such services are designed, delivered and evaluated. Indeed this has become a policy priority across the UK (Franklin and Sloper, 2009). The particip...

BACKGROUND Few previous studies have specifically addressed the health care utilization situation of the physically disabled. This study aimed to investigate the utilization of free adult preventive health care for physically disabled people and its' affecting factors. METHODS The data was obtained from three nationwide databases from 2006 to 2008. This study comprised 329,264 physically disa...