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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Iqbal

Abstract BackgroundTo control the environmental conditions of the living place and to use the electrical appliances and computers etc. are one of the major challenges for the physically disabled persons and elderly people. The surface electro myography (sEMG) is employed to detect the muscle movement and used for games therapy and various others applications. This paper presents a low-cost wearable muscle switch designed to acquire sEMG signal and process it to provides the control, gaming therapy and mode of communication to the physically disabled patients.ResultsThis paper proposes a wearable low-cost muscle activated switch to assist the physically challenged members of the society. The designed muscle activated switch consists of Myoware muscle sensors that is used for data acquisition and to detect the muscle activity from the target muscle using Electromyography (EMG) signals. The Arduino board provides the human-computer interface and control to the devices based on the muscle signal. The Bluesmirf bluetooth is used for the wireless connectivity to our designed system that assists the physically disabled persons to use the computer and to control the home appliances via commercially available Grid 3 software and wifi switches. The novelty of this muscle sensor switch is that it can be connected to any bluetooth compatible devices that can be controlled from any targeted muscle. The system was tested with Grid 3 software on laptop for environmental control and text to speech conversion.ConclusionsA low cost muscle sensor based Bluetooth switch system for the physically disabled patients has been presented in this paper. The designed switch can be connected to any Bluetooth enabled device as demonstrated in this paper. The physically disable persons can select any module from the Grid 3 software such as the environmental control (to control the environment via electrical appliances), text to speech converter (for Aphasia patients), gaming therapy etc. The designed system can also be utilized to use the Bluetooth enabled electric gadgets such as Mobile Phones, Ipad and android Tablets etc. in accessibility mode.


YMER Digital ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 197-204
Author(s):  
Dr. Ejaz Qureshi ◽  
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Md. Saad Siddiqui ◽  
Dr. Preeti Sharma ◽  
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Begging, a social scourge, has become a relatively common profession in India. As for as Pune city is a concern there are several beggars. These beggars are at the age of minority to adult age. The majority of the beggars are physically disabled and this physical disability is the most common reason to beg. Through the present study an attempt has been made to focus on the types of physical disability of beggars, reasons for getting into the begging profession, daily earing of beggars in Pune city and the relation between physical disabilities with respect to daily earning of baggers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-43
Author(s):  
Jeff Preston

Aubrey Graham, more commonly known as hip-hop performer Drake, presents himself as a man of contradiction—a lover and a fighter, sensitive but hard, successful but humble. Despite this subjective work, designed to present a complex embodiment of an artistic and financial success, the discourse of Graham online is often underpinned by suspicion and derision that seeks to redefine him as a pretender who is unworthy of the status he claims. Nowhere is this more evident than in the “Wheelchair Drake” memetic cluster, which uses an old Degrassi: The Next Generation promotional image of Graham sitting on a wheelchair, combined with humorous juxtaposition of rap lyrics, to critique Graham’s status as both a performer and a Black man. In various Wheelchair Drake memes, physical impairment becomes a living metaphor for a spoiled identity; the memes argue that, just like ableist imaginations of physically disabled people, Graham is doomed to a life of impotence and dependency. Built upon a sample of 583 user-generated images, coded into 9 thematic groups, this article excavates the latticed discourses of masculinity, disability and race that animate the Wheelchair Drake meme and consider the ways that this memetic cluster subjects Aubrey Graham to the strictures of ableist hegemonic masculinity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farid Pazhoohi ◽  
Francesca Capozzi ◽  
Alan Kingstone

Physical appearance influences our perceptions, judgments, and decision making about others. While the current literature with regard to the perceptions and judgments of nondisabled people’s attractiveness is robust, the research investigating the perceived physical attractiveness and judgments of physically disabled individuals is scarce. Therefore, in the current study, we investigated whether people with physical disabilities are perceived by the opposite sex as more or less attractive relative to nondisabled individuals. Our results, based on over 675 participants, showed a positive effect for women’s attractiveness ratings of men with physical disabilities, but not men’s attractiveness ratings of physically disabled women. Moreover, social desirability bias was positively associated with attractiveness ratings of physically disabled individuals, meaning those with higher tendency to be viewed favorably by others rated physically disabled individuals more attractive. Finally, our results revealed that attractiveness ratings of individuals with physical disabilities are positively associated with extroversion and empathy in both men and women, and positively with agreeableness and negatively with neuroticism in women. In conclusion, our study showed women rate men with physical disabilities as higher on attractiveness than nondisabled men, which is also influenced by their social desirability bias.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A .A. Hettiarachchi ◽  
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D.R. Perera ◽  

Physically disabled community in Sri Lanka is not receiving sufficient attention with reference to the conduciveness of their living environments. The patients who are harrowed with mobility impairments should be supported to overcome challenges which hinder the smooth functioning of day today physical activities while maintaining their psychological health by incorporating disabled-friendly, optimum healing design interventions. In view of this, an attempt was made to determine the impact of interior colours to reduce depression, anxiety and stress levels of disabled individuals. The investigation was executed with reference to wall colour of patient’s (n=15) bedrooms of a selected rehabilitation centre, at Ragama. The impact of three selected hues (blue, yellow and green) were tested by installing colour panels on the sidewall of the beds, allowing the participants to be exposed to each colour for three consecutive days. Depression, anxiety and stress levels of participants were measured using DASS-21. Impact of green colour was found to be more favourable to reduce depression, anxiety and stress levels of participants over blue and yellow. It is recommended to extend this study further to test different hues, shades and intensities of green colour with long-term exposure, to enhance psychological health and well-being of disabled patients in health care facilities.


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.


2021 ◽  
Vol 162 (42) ◽  
pp. 1698-1702
Author(s):  
Ilona Szmirnova ◽  
György Szmirnov ◽  
Fanni Rencz ◽  
Ákos Szabó ◽  
Bálint Trimmel ◽  
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Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: Magyarországon 100 000 olyan értelmi sérült él, akik speciális ellátásra szorulnak. Előzőleg beszámoltunk az akut fogászati ellátás eredményeiről és problémáiról. Ahhoz azonban, hogy a teljes fogászati rehabilitáció felé lépéseket lehessen tenni, ismerni kell az ilyen betegek fogászati állapotát. Célkitűzés: Statisztikailag releváns, nagyobb beteganyagon felmérni az értelmi sérült betegek fogászati állapotát, összehasonlítva mind az orvosi rehabilitációs kezelésben részesülő betegek (főleg testi fogyatékosok), mind az általános populáció adataival. Módszer: A fogászati állapot felmérésére két betegcsoport állt rendelkezésünkre. Összesen 325 beteg statusát rögzítettük. A vizsgáltakat 3 csoportba osztottuk: enyhe (36), közepes (247) és súlyos (42) értelmi sérültek. Az értelmi sérült betegek fogászati állapotát DMF-T-indexszel mértük, és összehasonlítottuk az orvosi rehabilitációs kezelésben részesülő betegek és az általános populáció adataival is. Eredmények: A 325 szellemi sérült össz-DMF-T-indexének átlaga ± szórás: 11,04 ± 7,35; a carieses fogak számának átlaga: D = 3,66 ± 4,61; a hiányzó fogak számának átlaga: M = 5,22 ± 5,74. A fogmegtartó kezelés minimális volt: átlag F = 2,16 ± 3,12. Azoknak az értelmi sérülteknek, akik intézetben élnek, rosszabb a fogazati állapotuk, mint azoknak, akik családban vannak. Következtetések: Az eredményekből látszik, hogy az értelmi sérültek fogai elhanyagoltabbak, mint a normálpopuláció esetében. A DMF-T-index önmagában nem tükrözi ezeket a magállapításokat, csak akkor, ha szétbontva vizsgáljuk az adatokat. Orv Hetil. 2021; 162(42): 1698–1702. Summary. Introduction: There are 100,000 mentally disabled individuals in Hungary requiring special care. Previously, we reported the results and problems of acute dental care. However, in order to take the appropriate measures toward holistic dental rehabilitation, clarity regarding the condition of those mentally disabled individuals is necessary. Objective: To measure the dental health of mentally disabled individuals based on a large sample of patients, to compare the results with both differently-abled (i.e., primarily physically disabled) individuals and the general population. Methods: There were two available patient cohorts for the measurement of dental health. With the two cohorts combined, we recorded data about 325 patients. We split the patients into three groups: mild (36), medium (247), and severe (42) mental disability. We used DMF-T index to measure dental health status, and compared the results with those of physically disabled and the general population. Results: The mean ± deviation of DMF-T index of the disabled patients was 11.04 ± 7.35; the mean of decayed teeth: D = 3.66 ± 4.61; the missing teeth: M = 5.22 ± 5.74; the filled teeth: F = 2.16 ± 3.12. Mentally disabled patients living in institutions showed worse dental health than those living with families. Conclusions: The results show that the teeth of mentally disabled patients are more neglected than those of the general population. The DMF-T index does not mirror these conclusions unless we examine each data set separately. Orv Hetil. 2021; 162(42): 1698–1702.


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