User interfaces of application programs are usually not designed for the physically disabled [VAN93]. Here we introduce a program for Apple Macintosh computers and PCs using MSWindows that do assist handicapped users in their interaction with standard application programs. The basic principle is to interact with an interface agent and not with the target application itself, in particular text i...

AUTHOR Lazar, Alfred L.; And Others TITLE Attitudes of Handicapped and Non-Handicapped University Students on Three Attitude Scales. INSTITUTION California State Univ., Long Beach. Dept. of Educational Psychology. SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (DHEW/OE), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 76 GRANT GOO-74-02794 NOTE 22p.; Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the California E...

AT PARTICULAR times in the history of science, particular problems become ripe for investigation. A precipitating event brings them to the attention of a single person and sometimes to that of several at the same time. It is therefore understandable that during World War II the need was felt to investigate the problems of social-psychological rehabilitation of the physically handicapped and tha...

For people with disabilities the Web holds great chances for transforming former barriers to information access, communication and participation at work and in social life. The research question underlying the described project is: What potentials do the Web and the latest Internet-technologies offer to students with extensive mobility limitations in terms of staying in touch with other people ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the social and financial burden of parents of children with locomotor disability. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Institute for Physically Handicapped (IPH), Delhi, where parents of 100 locomotor disabled children of age group 6 to 15 years were interviewed to estimate the socioeconomic burden of caregiving their children. RESULTS The study observed ...

According to the statistics of China Disabled Persons Federation, there are about 85 million disabled people in China, 60% them have will travel, but only 11.7% realized travel. The imperfect domestic barrier-free tourism facilities and lack products services biggest obstacles for with disabilities In recent years, state has continuously issued policies accelerate construction guarantee travel ...

This study examines the lives of wives who are living with former combat soldiers with chronic PTSD, from the subjective perspective of the wives themselves. Structured interviews with 20 wives indicated the following main results: 1) About 2/3 of the wives reported that, for a long time, they did not know what the problem with their husband was and had no idea that it was connected to his mili...

This paper describes the overall design of hardware and software components of the Intelligent Wheelchair, with an emphasis on the role of perception and attention in the different components. With the exception of some of the hardware and vision components, most of this paper describes systems and modules that have yet to be implemented. The goal of the Project is to enable a physically-handic...

The recently enacted Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1978 (P .L. 95-602) amended the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to establish a National Institute of Handicapped Research (NIHR) . This new Institute has charged with the prime responsibility of providing the required knowledge for defining needs, and of identifying the means for improving servi...