BACKGROUND People with severe/profound multiple (e.g., intellectual, motor, or sensory-motor) disabilities are frequently restricted to a situation of inactivity and dependence, which may be modified by promoting functional activity engagement through assistive technology. METHODS This study assessed the possibility of promoting functional activity engagement via microswitch-aided programs wi...

OBJECTIVE Neuromotor function in infancy can be evaluated in various ways. Assessment instruments are used for early detection of children with a high risk for developmental disorders. Early detection enables clinicians to provide intervention at a young age when plasticity of the nervous system is high. The assessments may also be used to monitor intervention. The present article will review t...

Stereotyped motor behavior manifests as rhythmic, repetitive movements. It is common in several neurologic and psychiatric disorders where it is considered maladaptive. However, it also occurs early in typical development where it serves an adaptive function in the development of complex, controlled motor behavior. Currently, no framework accounts for both adaptive and maladaptive forms of moto...

A population based epidemiologic study carried out in a lower socioeconomic suburb of Karachi, identified 23 children with epilepsy among 994 children (3-9 year old) surveyed for childhood disabilities. Nineteen had major epilepsy, 2 petitmal and one each had focal motor and myoclonic attacks. The high frequency of epilepsy may be due to consanguinity, central nervous system, infections and bir...

We present the component technologies that are essential for rapidly designing and producing cus-tomized rehabilitation aids for people with motor disabilities. We show that methods traditionally used in robotics and computer vision can be used to formulate and solve many of the problems that are encountered in automating this process.

Behavioral problems cause limitations in the social skills of children without disabilities and affect functionality with disabilities. The Emirati child adaptation scale (ECAS) was developed UAE to provide reliable valid information on behavioral intellectual disability (ID). scale’s item pool consists 651 items that identify deficits across 10 domain–skill areas communication, pre-academic, l...

Peripheral nerves are structures that suffer injuries similar to those seen in other tissues, resulting in important motor and sensory disabilities. It is estimated that the incidence of traumatic lesions is as high as 500.000 cases per year in some countries, where 2,8% of the patients become permanently disabled due to prolonged nerve regeneration time (Noble et al., 1998; Rodrígues et al., 2...

This study aims to formulate a family-based early intervention program for parents who have children with Multiple disabilities based on Family Outscomes. The background of this is the lack family information related identification multiple disabilities, confusion in handling experience and absence confidence situation their social environment. subjects were had Children Disabilitiesin case Cer...

Introduction. Each fifth neurodevelopmental disorder is diagnosed in massively parallel sequencing only.
 Objective: to present the experience of exome children with undifferentiated general developmental delay and intellectual disabilities.
 Materials methods. We assessed 33 patients (19 males 14 females) at age 4.5 2.4 years disabilities. studied patients' medical family histories t...

OBJECTIVE This study used a novel device to make video games accessible to children with developmental disabilities (DD) by modifying the training software and interfaces to enhance motor training. METHOD In the pretest-posttest design, 20 children (13 boys, 7 girls; mean age=5.2 yr) with DD received adaptive upper-limb motor rehabilitation consisting of fifteen 30-min individual sessions 3 t...