Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Advances in electrical technology for people with disabilities
- In
- Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia: Multi-Disciplinary Engineering
- Imprint
- vol. GE11, no. 2, Nov 1987, pp. 59-65
- Description
Paper C1215
- Abstract
Physical and sensory disabilities often restrict the opportunities people have to enter into a normal range of activities, and for generations, the fulfillment of one disabled life was often through the sacrifice of an able bodied life. Technological advances have placed at the disposal of disabled people, aids for communication, mobility, and sensing, which ease the burden on those caring for them, give them a sense of independence and develop their self esteem to such an extent, that they prefer to be known as people with disabilities rather than disabled people. These technological advances are epitomised by the personal computer which, through custom designed interfacing, can be the slave of the user, the means of communications with one's fellow man and a way for interacting with the environment; coupled with mechanical manipulators and sensory inputs, that is, as a Robot, it may, in the not too distant future, become the disabled's 'man Friday'.