scholarly journals A GSM Based Assistive Device for Blind, Deaf and Dumb

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lavanya Dhanesh ◽  
Monica S ◽  
Revathi R ◽  
Suganya S ◽  
Swetha Lakshmi K N

This paper tries to overcome the shortcomings of the recent technology that fails to enhance the communication between physically disabled people by designing an assistive device. This device uses a GSM modem with a SIM card and no smartphones are needed which makes the device affordable. Here, the sender sends the message to the phone number of the disabled person and he/she receives the SMS that gets converted to text and voice message and vibrations to Braille pad using a microcontroller which is easily readable by the disabled person.

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 361
Author(s):  
Su Jeong Yi ◽  
Yoo Mi Jeong ◽  
Jae-Hyun Kim

Physically disabled persons can have sleep problems, which affects their mental health more than those in non-disabled people. However, there are few studies on the relationship between sleep duration and mental health targeting physically disabled people in South Korea, and existing studies on the disabled have mostly used data collected from convenience rather than nationally representative samples, limiting the generalization of the results. This study used data from the second wave of the Panel Survey of Employment for the Disabled (PSED, 2016–2018, 1st–3rd year). Participants included 1851 physically disabled individuals. The Chi-square test and generalized estimating equation (GEE) were used and the Akaike information criterion (AIC) value and the AIC log Bayes factor approximation were used to select sleep trajectories. This is the first study to elucidate multiple sleep trajectories in physically disabled people in Korea, and the relationship between sleep duration trajectories and self-rated depressive symptoms. People with physical disabilities who sleep more than 9 h have the highest risk of depression and need more intensive management as a priority intervention.


2011 ◽  
Vol 403-408 ◽  
pp. 3932-3936 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Amuthan ◽  
George Jibin

This paper considers the development of a brain driven car, which would be of great help to the physically disabled people. Since these cars will rely only on what the individual is thinking they will hence not require any physical movement on the part of the individual. The car integrates signals from a variety of sensors like video, weather monitor, anti-collision etc. it also has an automatic navigation system in case of emergency. The car works on the asynchronous mechanism of artificial intelligence. It’s a great advance of technology which will make the disabled, able.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengquan Chen ◽  
Lin Mao ◽  
Yanyan Li ◽  
Nan Chen ◽  
Qing Du

Abstract Background Falling in physically disabled people is a worldwide social issue and associated with declined physical and psychological health. This study aimed to clarify the physical and psychological conditions in physically disabled people and to explore whether those conditions are the risk factors of falls. Methods One hundred and forty-six physically disabled people were recruited (age 64.2 ± 5.7, ranging from 43 to 77). Their demographic information, psychological status, musculoskeletal conditions, and history of falls in the past year were collected, and mobility was evaluated. A logistic regression analysis was used to clarify the risk factors of falls with the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve exploring the effectiveness of the regression model on fall diagnosis via area under the curve (AUC). A subgroup analysis was done between the disabled participants with and without poliomyelitis (polio). Results The cause of disability (polio or no-polio), gender, disability grade, and functional gait assessment were significantly associated with falls (all p < 0.05, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.320), and ROC curve indicated that AUC of this model was 0.805 (p < 0.001, 95% CI 0.735–0.876, Youden Index = 0.502). The subgroup analysis showed that the polio group (75 of the 146 participants) had a longer history of disability (t = 12.360, p < 0.001) than the no-polio disabled group while there were no significant differences in the other demographic information (all p > 0.05). The proportion of moderate anxiety in the no-polio participants was significantly higher than that in the polio group (p < 0.001) but the polio group had more musculoskeletal conditions. In the mobility test, the polio participants walked slower in the timed-up-and-go test (t = 2.050, p = 0.042) and had a higher rate of recurrent falls (χ2 = 14.916, p < 0.001) than the no-polio disabled group. Conclusions The disabled people with a high risk of falling can be identified through a 10-minute screening (cause of disability, gender, disability grade, and gait stability testing). The physical conditions of the polio disabled people were relatively more affected.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-38
Author(s):  
Afif Syaiful Mahmudin

Persons with physical disabilities recorded under the auspices of the "Rumah Kasih Sayang" institution are 12 people. Ideally, the practice of worship should be carried out easily by everyone, but in fact there are still many people with disabilities who experience difficulties in implementing it, not even a few of them have left worship because of low religious-related understanding and lack of motivation from the community to include persons with disabilities. carry out daily worship obligations. These problems are experienced by people with disabilities, especially physically disabled in the "Rumah Kasih Sayang" in Krebet village. People with disabilities by the community are considered as groups who are no longer obliged to worship, they are sufficiently fostered with a variety of skills obtained from the institution, empowered by breeding goats from compensation without even being physically invited to pray together in the mosque or prayer room. Religious inclusiveness needs to be built between the community and the physically disabled, the community must be given an understanding that as long as the disabled person meets the taklif provisions, there is no privilege that disqualifies the obligation of worship for the disabled. The research questions are: 1) What are the implications of the fiqh guidance of worship for the disabled in the "Rumah Kasih Sayang" Krebet Jambon Village? 2) What are the implications of fiqh material for worship for the people of Krebet Jambon Village ?. To answer the formulation of the problem, the researcher used a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach. The results of this study are: 1) Deaf people can practice well the procedures of daily worship in accordance with the fiqh hospitality of disabled people while being able to carry out the obligation to worship together with the surrounding community. 2) People get new insights about fiqh worship for people with disabilities, changing their negative stigma towards disabled people and leading to the realization of an inclusive religious culture in Krebet Jambon Ponorogo Village.


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