scholarly journals Design and Fabrication of Automated Wheelchair

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-150
Author(s):  
Mohammed Iqbal Khatib ◽  
Shahin Shaikh ◽  
Syed Zubair Azeem ◽  
Mohd Taqi Uddin ◽  
Sohail Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Front Wheel ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Motor Speed ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Physical Strength ◽  
Manual Wheelchair ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
User Friendly

Wheelchairs are used by people to whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury or disability. Driving a manual wheelchair or crutches is a difficult task and past invented automatic wheelchair are not available in present market that can be bought and used for physically disable persons. The purpose of this research work is to propose of an automated wheelchair system which facilitates the users. The proposed wheelchair has been implemented with design, simulation and construction of the whole body. Automated Wheel Chair assists disabled people to become more mobile and independent. The main objective of this project is to design and fabricate a cheap, intuitive and practical automated wheelchair. Many of the disabled persons uses hand powered wheelchair who do not have the physical strength or coordination to propel themselves on the tricycle with their arms and hands. This automated wheelchair has the potential to deliver increased freedom to a considerable consumer base. The proposed system presents a user friendly tricycle which can be easily assembled to the wheelchair at any time. It has front wheel propelled mechanism with hub motor installed inside the wheel. The controller is the brain of the automated wheelchair, controlling the motor speed, start, stop. As it is connected to all other electronic parts such as battery, motor, and the throttle, display (battery indicator). The disabled people who use a normal wheelchair for mobility and navigation requires an another person for support and to move around. Mobility of disabled people is concerned social issue nowadays. Here comes the need of an automated wheelchair, which adds on power to the manual wheelchair with its user friendly tricycle.

scholarly journals AUTOMATED INTELLIGENT RELAY COUPLED DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM USING ANDROID MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

2015 ◽  
pp. 192-195
Author(s):  
A.RAJESH KUMAR ◽  
C. DINESH ◽  
R. ARAVIND ◽  
SRIKRISHNA. C ◽  
PL. NAGARTHINAM
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Technology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Smart Homes ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Door Lock ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

The purpose of this project is to increase the knowledge of technology and services of smart homes for disabled people. There is a clear need for such new knowledge since the number of disabled people is significant. Indeed, new technologies and services of smart homes have the potential to increase effectiveness and efficiency of caring disabled. With right solutions there is a great potential to increase disabled persons' quality of life. The need for the development of such technologies and services increases due to the disabled individuals' desire to remain independent in their own homes, the increasing costs of health care, and the aging of the population. This article discusses the concept of secured door lock/unlock system for the differently able. The juxtaposition of safety vs. privacy can be alleviated with this technology. Moreover, as there is need to assist disabled to protect them from various forms of abuse, and prevent immoderation of pleasure giving activities.

To the question about problems in the fi eld of vocational rehabilitation of the disabled

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-23
Author(s):  
Y. A. Kulikova ◽  
A. V. Kornienko ◽  
G. V. Jukevich
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
The State ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article deals with issues related to the problem of vocational rehabilitation of disabled people. The competence of the Russian Federation in the fi eld of rehabilitation of disabled persons in the person of its Federal authorities and management, subjects of the Russian Federation and local self-government bodies is specifi ed. The content of such concepts as "services for professional rehabilitation of disabled people" in accordance with the state standard GOST R 53873-2010 Rehabilitation of disabled people is disclosed. Professional rehabilitation services for the disabled; "professional rehabilitation program" and "options for professional rehabilitation". Despite the fact that professional rehabilitation and adaptation in the workplace is an integral part of the state policy in the fi eld of social protection of persons with disabilities, there are many unresolved problems and diffi culties in this area.

scholarly journals Social Sustainable Accessibility for People with Disabilities at Public Transport Stations through Sustainable Development Goals in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halmi Zainol ◽  
Haryati Mohd Isa ◽  
Siti Rashidah Md Sakip ◽  
Ainaa Azmi
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Open Access Article

It is important to consider sustainable design for accessibility in all aspects of physical development. The accessibility of social sustainable for people with disabilities (PWDs) is essential to ensure that they do not feel segregated from the community. The facilities provided must be user-friendly at places where they live and work. Although there are common facilities for PWDs, most of them do not function well and are not convenient to be used by the disabled people. One primary way to assist them to be self-dependent and self-reliant is to improve the accessibility for people with disabilities at public transport stationsKeywords: Social; Sustainable; Disabled; PWDseISSN: 2398-4287 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i9.1499

scholarly journals Szerettem volna ugyan tanulni, de sosem mertem belevágni a nehézségek miatt

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dóra Hangya
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
School System ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Disabled Adults

Ma már nem kérdés, hogy a sokszínűséggel, a multikulturalitással foglalkozni kell, a kérdés inkább az, hogy például egy felnőttképzési intézmény vagy egy munkahelyi közösség hogyan tudja aktívan és stratégiai céllal kezelni a sokszínűséget, milyen intézkedésekkel tud értékteremtő puzzle-ként beépülni a cég, a közösség identitásába.Jelenleg az Új Nemzeti Kiválóság Program 2017/2018. évi pályázata keretében a ”Semmit rólatok, nélkületek” Fogyatékossággal élő személyek iskolarendszeren kívüli felnőttképzéshez való egyenlő esélyű hozzáférésének vizsgálata” c. kutatásban vizsgálom a fogyatékossággal élő felnőttek iskolarendszeren kívüli felnőttképzéshez történő egyenlő esélyű hozzáférésének tapasztalatait.A tanulmányomban bemutatott kutatásaim hiánypótló jellegűek. A kutatások támpontokat, útmutatót kívánnak nyújtani ahhoz, hogy az iskolarendszeren kívüli felnőttképzési intézményrendszer hatékonyabban tudja segíteni a fogyatékossággal élő személyek munkaerő-piaci (re)integrációját, társadalmi inklúzióját. A bemutatott kutatások hozzájárulhatnak egy olyan inkluzív felnőttképzési rendszer létrejöttéhez, mely hatékonyabban tudja segíteni a fogyatékossággal élő személyek munkaerő-piaci elhelyezkedését és hozzájárul a fogyatékossággal élő felnőttek egyéni igényen alapuló szükségleteinek megismeréséhez, mely hosszútávon eredményesebbé teheti a foglalkozási rehabilitáció oktatási-képzési célú tevékenységrendszerét. AbstractI wanted to study but because of the difficulties around, I never dared to start Today, it is out of question that diversity and multi-culture must be dealt with; the question is how an adult education institution or a workplace community can manage diversity actively and with a strategic view, what are the measures to be taken in order to include diversity as a value creating piece of puzzle into the identity of a firm or a community.  I am examining the experiences in the equal access of disabled adults to the adult education possibilities outside the school system in a research titled ‘”Nothing about you without you” Survey of the equal access of disabled persons to the adult education possibilities outside the school system’ and implemented within the 2017/18 call of the New Generation National Excellence Program.My researches presented in this study are stop-gap researches. They strive to provide starting points or a guide so that the adult education institutional system existing outside the traditional school system be able to support the labour market (re)integration and the social inclusion of the disabled people more effectively. The researches presented may contribute to the evolution of an inclusive adult education system that can more effectively help disabled people enter the labour market and can conduce to the exploration of the personal needs of the disabled adults, which may make the educational-training activity system of employment rehabilitation more successful in the long run. ________________________________________________________________________

THE PERSPECTIVES OF PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION STUDENTS ON DISABLED INDIVIDUALS AND THE EDUCATION OF THE DISABLED

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (18) ◽  
pp. 175-181
Author(s):  
Ayşe ÜNAL
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Mean

The aim of this study was to determine the perspectives of the students of the physiotherapy and rehabilitation department towards the disabled and their attitudes towards the education of the disabled. Sixty-eight volunteer students (50 females, 18 males) studying at Pamukkale University School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation and taking the Psychosocial Rehabilitation course in the Spring Semester of the 2020-2021 Academic Year participated in the study. The Attitude Toward Disabled Persons Scale (ATDPS) was used to evaluate the positive and negative attitudes of the students towards the disabled individuals, and the Attitude Scale for the Training of Individuals with Disabilities (ASTID) was used to determine their views on the education of the disabled individuals. Evaluations were made at the beginning and end of the relevant semester. The mean age of the students was 19.44±1.07 years. In the first evaluation, the mean of ATDPS was 50.75±13.92 and the total score of ASTID was 51.04±18.42 points. At the last evaluation, the ATDPS score increased to 78.36±13.77 and the ASTID total score to 93.13±7.48 (p=0.0001). Providing students with basic information about various disability groups and their rehabilitation will increase the level of awareness towards people with disabilities. It is important to develop positive attitudes towards the disabled throughout society in order for the disabled to feel themselves as a part of social life and to increase their participation in social life. It will contribute to the increase of the social awareness of the organizations to be organized regarding the education of the disabled and disabled people. Organizations to be held regarding disabled people and the education of the disabled will contribute to the increase of social awareness.

Evaluation of disable friendliness of a railway transport facility in Ludhiana city of Punjab, India

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchi Sharma ◽  
Manoj Kumar ◽  
Amarjeet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Specific Area ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Transport Facility ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Level Of Difficulty ◽  
Free Environment ◽  
High Level ◽  
Barrier Free

Abstract: Barriers make an environment unsafe and cause a high level of difficulty to the user. But more importantly, barriers cause space to be out of reach, denying disabled people the opportunity of participation in various spheres of life. This ranges from education, economic, social, cultural, and other activities. Many studies have focused on the disabilities study but less research has been devoted to the specific area such as railway transport facilities. Thus, this study was done with the objective to ascertain the extent to which a railway transport facility in Ludhiana city of Punjab is barrier free for the disabled.: A pretested questionnaire (Access Survey and Audit Checklist) was used, designed by the Rehabilitation Council of India and Samarthya National Center for Promotion of Barrier Free Environment for Disabled Persons was modified according to our study environment. Various aspects of study domains were scored according to their importance of usage as described by disabled people interviewed before the commencement of the study.: It was found in the study that disable friendliness of the railway transport facility remains a largely unrealized goal in Ludhiana city to date. The score obtained by the railway station of Ludhiana city was 41 and its disable friendliness was graded as average. The railway transport facility was far from being satisfactory than to be called barrier free. This loss of opportunity is not only a loss for the person concerned but also a loss for society, which misses out on their contribution.: Simply put, a barrier causes exclusion and its removal is necessary for ensuring inclusion and participation of all in society.

scholarly journals Intelligent Home Automation System for Disabled People

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 4142-4148
Keyword(s):  
Modern Technology ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Home Automation ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Home Appliances ◽  
Intelligent Home ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Home Automation System ◽  
User Friendly

This paper presents the intelligent Home Automation System (HAS) for disabled people, since still now facilities for disabled people are insufficient around the world. Numerous researchers developed different technologies considering Bluetooth technology, ZigBee system, and Wifi technology. However, these topologies lack efficient support for disabled people. Therefore, to engage the disabled people with the modern technology and make their life safe, secure and comfortable, authors have introduced the Rasberry Pi 3 Model B with Blynk application which is able to control the home appliances from their smart android phone. In this research, the motion of the intruder has been considered as the key parameters and HOG method is used to detect the motion. Experimental validation of the proposed model implies that this process is more secure and user-friendly for disabled people compare to other existing technology. Therefore, the main contribution of this research is to develop a secured automated system, which will enable the disabled people to control the home appliances and thus overcome the limitation of the existing technology

scholarly journals Health Services Accessibility And Expectations of Disabled People

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-77
Author(s):  
Muhammed Arca ◽  
Günay Saka
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Vocational Courses

Aim: In this study, it was aimed to investigate the distribution of disability types, treatment and rehabilitation needs, utilization of the basic services provided, and determination of expectations of disabled persons. Methods: This descriptive study was carried out in Hazro district of Diyarbakır. Of the 1069 individuals screened by a cross-sectional study, 148 disabled individuals were identified. A face-to-face meeting was provided with the families of these disabled individuals. The demographic characteristics of the disabled person, information on the types of disability, the use of health services and the questionnaire form which asks the expectation status were used. Results: The prevalence of disability was 13.8%. 51.3% of the disabled were male, 48.2% were not literate and 16.7% did not have any social security. It was determined that 37.8% of people with disabilities did not receive treatment for their disability and 98.0% did not benefit from rehabilitation services. It was found that 70.9% of the disabled did not receive education, 60.1% of them did not know about vocational and skill courses and 51.4% of them could not benefit from public transportation services. Families stated that, the disabled people do not go to any institution or rehabilitation center with 44.8% because of absence in the close environment; 26.9% stated that they do not know if there is any. It was found that the most important expectation of 50% of disabled people and their families from institutions and organizations is to provide health services easily. Conclusion: Disabled persons have difficulty in accessing health services and cannot benefit from rehabilitation services. Basic services such as education, vocational courses and public transport are also insufficient. In this sense, health and social service institutions have important duties.

A SIMPLE APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNIT FOR THE DISABLED

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Mu-Chun Su ◽  
Chee-Yuen Tew ◽  
Li-Yen Sun ◽  
Jun-Yi Lu ◽  
Hsiang-Chih Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Control ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Control Unit ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Consumer Electronics ◽  
Phone Call ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Home Environments ◽  
Control Units ◽  
The Disabled

Environmental control units play a role in enabling disabled people to carry out routine and repetitive tasks (e.g. watching TV, making a phone call, etc.) in their home environments. Unfortunately, most commercially available environmental control units are either too expensive or they require the disabled persons' home environments to be remodelled. In this paper we report the development of a low-cost environmental control unit which enables disabled people to control mostly existing consumer electronics with an infrared remote control functionality. Finally, we use a simple scenario to evaluate the performance of the proposed environmental control unit.

scholarly journals DISABILITY IN THE XXI CENTURY. THE STATE OF THE PROBLEM OF MEDICAL-SOCIAL REHABILITATION AND HABILITATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 10-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N Puzin ◽  
Marina A. Shurgaya ◽  
S. S Memetov ◽  
E. E Achkasov ◽  
G. E Pogosyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Social Rehabilitation ◽  
Total Life Expectancy ◽  
The Disabled

The disability among the population is one of the most important medical and social problems of the global significance. The article presents data on the epidemiology of the disability in the countries of the world. 110-190 million adults have significant difficulties in functioning - a significant degree of restriction in various spheres of life. The child’s disability accounts for 95 million children, out of which 13 million children have a “severe” form of the disability. In countries where the life expectancy exceeds 70 years, an average of about 8 years, representing 11.5 percent of total life expectancy, falls on years associated with the disability. In most countries, the demographic situation of aging of the population causes an increase in the disability among the elderly - two-thirds of the disabled belong to this age group of the population. In the total population of Russia, the share of disabled people is 9.3% - 12.3 million people, including disabled people of the working age accounting for 3 million 801 thousand people (less than a third - 30%), disabled elderly - 8 million 2,665 thousand people. (two-thirds of the total number of disabled people - 65.2%), children with disabilities include 636 thousand people (4.8%). There is noted a tendency to the decline in the primary and secondary disability of an adult (in 2000-2016) and children (2000-2014) population, but in 2015-2016 there was emerging a tendency to the gain in basic indices of the primary and repeated disability in children (the absolute number of disabled people, the level of disability). The analysis of individual programs for rehabilitation and habilitation (IPRH) of disabled people shows the greatest number of recommendations to be given about the needs of disabled people in technologies for medical and social rehabilitation and habilitation. According to the results of the reassessment of disabled persons in 2016, positive results of the implementation of the IPRH for disabled people were achieved in 48.4% of the disabled cases (among the victims of occupational accidents and occupational diseases - 63.8% of the disabled). There were noted low indices of the complete compensation and full recovery of lost functions (4-7% and 2.8-1%, respectively) and extremely low indices - for implementation recommendations for the acquisition of a profession, including new, advanced training, education and creation of a special workplace for the employment (0.2-0.8%).The solution of the problem of increasing the effectiveness of rehabilitation and habilitation activities requires a consistent integrated approach to the determination goals of the rehabilitation process in each case, depending on the cause of disability and close interagency cooperation in the implementation of IPRH for disabled persons. It is advisable to take into account the regional differentiation of the subjects of the Russian Federation in terms of the prevalence of the disability, as well as the age and gender features of the contingents of the disabled persons.

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