Technologies That Aid Manipulation and Control of Environment - Reflections

1. List functional manipulative tasks that can be aided by assistive technologies

Assistive technology is used as a manipulative function to people it helps theme do thing that they can not other wise do by themselves. for a a child things that are done at school or at home that they need help with. 

http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/Us_Eu/conf/csun_99/session0041.html

http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle2

http://www.pps.k12.or.us/departments/special-education/9630.htm

1. Describe the operation of electrically powered feeding aids

  

Individuals who have trouble with their upper limbs  use the feeding aids to help them eat and control the upper body movement. the cons it that not all of the aids help them well and they soon get to dependent on theses aids an the cost is very expense.

http://www.assistive-innovations.eu/index.php/en/home-en/31-our-products/eating-devices

http://www.neater.co.uk/eating-aid

http://www.norco-inc.com/content/home-medical-equipment

1. List the features and design properties of electronic page turners

Individuals with disabilities  have trouble with their motor skills   and the page turns help with controlling the motor skills   such as help  Reading books, magazines, or newspapers is important in various domains of daily living, such as work, school, and leisure. The cons are the they depend on theses turners to much and it can handicap them.

http://aac-rerc.psu.edu/wordpressmu/RESNA-SDC/2012/06/13/automatic-page-turner-padmasri-dr-b-v-raju-institute-of-technology/

https://web.stanford.edu/class/engr110/2008/projects.html

http://www.norco-inc.com/content/home-medical-equipment

1. List the functions carried out by environmental control systems

The functions of Environmental Control allows people with disabilities to control functions in their own living space such as  turning on their tv, opening doors, answering their telephones gets. the cons are that theses controls sometimes don not always work well.

http://assistive-technology.co.uk/products/environmental_control_devices

http://www.makoa.org/ecu.htm

http://tecsol.com.au/wwweb/ECU1.htm

1. Describe the basic components of environmental control systems and how they are implemented

The basic components of Environmental Control Units, are environmental control systems: input devices, the processor, and outputs. The input device is the part of the ECU that the user interacts with to effect a change. These alternative input devices are used by persons with disabilities where the users are unable to use typical multi-button controllers.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15614204

http://www.etoengineering.com/environmental_control_unit.htm

http://www.zygo-usa.com/usa/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=84&vmcchk=1&Itemid=84

1. Discuss the uses of robotic devices in aiding manipulation by person with disabilities

Robotic devices gives a person with disabilities the inability and stigmatizing, they have evolved to be highly mobile forms of self-expression that are often fitted to each individual user.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/2084/

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125390

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758524/