scholarly journals User Evaluation of the Neurodildo: A Mind-Controlled Sex Toy for People with Disabilities and an Exploration of Its Applications to Sex Robots

Robotics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Mariano Gomes ◽  
Rita Wu
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Pressure Sensitive ◽  
Sex Robots ◽  
The People ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Sex Toys ◽  
The Brain

In this paper, we present the Neurodildo, a sex toy remotely controlled by brain waves, which is pressure sensitive and has electrical stimulation (e-stim) feedback. The Neurodildo was originally presented as a conference paper at the 3rd International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots (2017). We designed and explored the application of a mind-controlled sex toy for the people with mobility disabilities, for example with spinal cord injury (SCI), who have difficulty handling a commercial toy and that might experience difficulties in a sexual encounter. The system consists of the sex toy with Bluetooth and sensors, the brain-computer interface (BCI) headset, the e-stim device, and a computer for running the necessary software. The first user wears the headset and the e-stim device, and by focusing in trained patterns, he/she can control the vibration of the sex toy. The pressure applied to the sex toy by the second user is measured by sensors and transmitted and converted to the first user, who feels muscle contractions. We discuss the design process, the limitations of the prototype and how evaluating the user requirements is necessary for a better product. We also included a background and discussion on the application of sex robots for assisting disabled people and how the Neurodildo could be integrated with this futuristic technology. The goal of this project is to design a sex toy that might help people with disabilities and people in long-distance relationships (LDR), trying to fill the gap of sex toys designed for people with disabilities.

scholarly journals Az esélyegyenlőség és a fogyatékkal élők helyzetének területi különbségei Magyarországon

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Szabolcs Fabula
Keyword(s):  
Regional Scale ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Great Plain ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Marginal Groups ◽  
Short Summary ◽  
The People ◽  
Spatial Differences

People with disabilities is one of the most marginal groups in today's society so ensur-ing their rights and needs is a great challenge for policy makers and planners. This paper reviews the most important agreements and laws about disability in the European Union and Hungary, as well as the New Hungary Development Plan. Later the paper also reveals the spatial differences of the people with disabilities in Hungary on the regional scale and presents relationship between the state of development and the ratio of disabled people. In comparing the data of the country and the South Great Plain the charasteristics of the dis-abled population in age, qualification and employment are also highlighted. Finally there is a short summary of the accessible and non-accessible public buildings in Békés County and Békéscsaba.

scholarly journals MEMBANGUN INKLUSIVITAS KEBERAGAMAAN ANTARA MASYARAKAT DENGAN PENYANDANG TUNA DAKSA MELALUI BIMBINGAN FIKIH IBADAH DI “RUMAH KASIH SAYANG” DESA KREBET JAMBON PONOROGO

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-38
Author(s):  
Afif Syaiful Mahmudin
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Religious Culture ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Physically Disabled ◽  
The People ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Village People ◽  
Research Questions

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.

scholarly journals POSITIVE STIGMA OF THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND BULGARIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 314-322
Author(s):  
Vesela Kazashka ◽  
Dora Levterova ◽  
Margarita Ruseva
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Disabled

Communication requires unconditional respect for the other. Acknowledging the qualities of the people   is a basis for good communication.  Communication starts when you accept the people the way they are. The social, economic and technical development provides opportunities for good professional realization of people with special educational needs.  The resistance, striving for “survival” and successful “introduction” into the social life are a prerequisite for success. The people who are stigmatized and their families are aware that once they have been labeled, they should have to overcome this stigma and to take the maximum possible good out of this label. Positive stigma stimulates the people with disabilities seek more contacts, to become more independent and to realize themselves adequately in the social life. The survey of attitudes and motivation scale contact with people with disabilities give reliable information about what is the attitude of students towards people with disabilities and what were their contacts. The successful integration into society of people with special educational needs depends also on the perceptions and attitudes of the professionals who work with them too. Undoubtedly, the attitudes and models for the disabled people change and will continue to change. In this context the disabled people should develop social identity and public awareness, but not only in their stigmatized group, but in a broad social aspect.   

scholarly journals Rawls’ theory of justice and the question of position of the people with disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
Milica Jaksic-Arsic
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Martha Nussbaum ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Theory Of Justice ◽  
Original Theory ◽  
The People ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Principles Of Justice ◽  
People First

The aim of this paper will be to investigate Rawls? theory of justice concerning the position of the disabled people. First of all, I will expose his two principles of justice. Secondly, I will expose criticism of Eva Kittay and Martha Nussbaum, who claim that our acceptance of Rawlsian theory prevents us from achieving the just position of the people with disabilities. After that I will examine one of the most successful upgrades of Rawls? original theory that was established by Harry Brighouse. However, Brighouse?s upgrade improves the position of only those individuals who had become disabled due to natural reasons and not due to their own mistakes. This is why I will, finally, tend to point out that the exclusion of those individuals whose disability is a consequence of their own mistake is not justified, since it incorporates a deontological assumption that is not necessary for Rawls? theory of justice.

scholarly journals In the encounter with variance: a study about the production of subjectivity of the caregiver of disabled people and the resulting implication in the care addressed to the people with disabilities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andressa Brito da Silva ◽  
Gabriela Gonzaga Magalhães da Silva ◽  
Ingrid de Azevedo Alves ◽  
Caroline de Souza e Silva Guimarães ◽  
Carla Aparecida Lourdes dos Santos de Azevedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
The People

scholarly journals INTEGRATED EDUCATION IN POLAND – BETWEEN THE EXPLICIT “LEGAL”/LEGITIMATE AND “APPARENT” DIMENSION

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
KAROLINA KOŁODZIEJCZAK ◽  
KATARZYNA SMOTER
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Integrated Education ◽  
Mutual Exchange ◽  
The People ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Effective Integration

An integrated school, like any educational institution, creates a specific field which is a combination of experiences of the people entering its area, the relations between them, attitudes and behaviours that affect both its “open” and “hidden” dimension. In this article the two dimensions are mentioned as: “integrated schools in Poland – formal assumption” and “integrated education in the hidden dimension of the school culture”. These different reviews of the problem generate different consequences for understanding these two dimensions. Effective integration of people with disabilities into society should be based on ensuring continuity of activities improving from the moment of disability, to becoming independent, and also to organize a system of broad support for the development of a child with disabilities. It is also important to reflect on the discrepancies that arise between how integration makes itself present in formal records and how to make the postulates look more realistic. Its highest level of social integration is accompanied to a great extent by “being with each other” and not “being beside”, the possibility of not only protecting and supporting the weaker, but also mutual exchange between disabled and non-disabled people.

ASSISTED EMPLOYMENT AND SELF-EMLOPYMENT FOR THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 554-555 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Monika Sieklicka
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Legal System ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The People ◽  
Sole Proprietorship

He aim of this study is to present legal regulations concerning professional activation of disabled people. In the Polish legal system there are various forms of support for professional activation of people with disabilities, starting from taking up employment by a disabled person in a sheltered workplace, hospital, university, offi ce or company run in the form of a sole proprietorship. Professional activation and reduction of unemployment among disabled people remains a challenge. People with disabilities are often isolated in the labour market, which contributes to the deterioration of their living conditions. The problem of professional activation can and should be considered from two perspectives: employment and self-employment. The paper presents various types of instruments that can be used in the process of professional activation of people with disabilities.

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