Computers And The Disabled

Computers and The Disabled


     The computer age has changed many things for many people, but for the

disabled the computer  has ultimately changed their entire life. Not only has it

made life exceedingly easier for all disabled age groups, it has also made them

able to be more employable in the work force. Previously unemployable people can

now gain the self esteem from fully supporting themselves. Computers have given

them the advantages of motion were it had not previously existed. Disabled

children now have the advantage to grow up knowing that they can one day be a

competent adult, that won't have to rely on someone else for their every need.

Windows 95 has made many interesting developments toward making life easier for

the nearly blind and for the deaf, including on screen text to synthesize speech

or Braille, and adaptive hardware that transforms a computers audible cues into

a visual format. Computers have given the limited back their freedom to be an

active part of the human race.

     According to the Americans with Disabilities Acts, any office that has a

staff of more than fifteen people now has to provide adaptive hardware and

software on their computers, so that workers with disabilities can accomplish

many tasks independently. Before this Act was passed the disabled were normally

passed over for jobs because of their handicap, now however employers can be

assured that people with disabilities can work in the work place just like

people without disabilities. The self esteem disabled individuals have gained

from the experience to work and be self supporting, is immeasurable.

    Computerized wheelchairs have given disabled people a whole new perception

on life. It has given them the mobility to go just about anywhere they want to

go. It has given them the ability to  explore an unknown world, and progress

intellectually as well as spiritually. Computerized vans allow many disabled

people to drive, by having onboard computerized lifts to place the disabled in

the driver's seat. Movement sensitive hardware, as well as computerized shifting

devices allows the disable to control the van with very little physical movement.

Children with disabilities now have access to many computerized devices that

enable them to move freely in their home as well as outside. The battery

operated bigfoot truck, much like the ones that we buy for our own children to

play on have been adapted and computerized  for children with special needs.

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