2. ICT PROSPECTS FOR THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED CHILD - A PARENTAL VIEW AVM FEMI GBADEBO (Rtd) OFR PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT GEEBARD CONCEPTS NIG. LTD.

3. DISABILITY Disability is an umbrella term, covering : Impairments. Activity limitations. Participation restrictions.

4. FURTHER DEFINITION Impairment: a deviation from normal, such as not being able to make a muscle move or not being able to control an unwanted movement. Disability: a restriction in the ability to perform a normal activity of daily living which someone of the same age is able to perform.

5. FURTHER DEFINITION (CONT.) Handicap: a child or adult who, because of the disability, is unable to achieve the normal role in society commensurate with his age and socio-cultural milieu. "Cerebral Palsy: A Guide for Care" at the University of Delaware”

6. when identifying a person with an impairment, the person's name or pronoun should come first, and descriptions of the: impairment/disability should be used so that the impairment is identified, but is not modifying the person.

7. a person's adaptive equipment should be described functionally as something that assists a person, not as something that limits a person “The American Psychological Association style guide”

8. ESTIMATES WORLDWIDE Out of an estimated world population of 6.5 billion people, nearly 100 million people were estimated to be moderately or severely disabled. “World Health Organization 2004”

9. TYPES OF DISABILITY Physical disability Sensory disability a. Visual impairment b. Hearing impairment c. Olfactory and gustatory impairment d. Disorders of taste e. Somatosensory impairment f. Balance disorder

10. TYPES OF DISABILITY (CONT.) Intellectual disability Developmental disability Non-visible disabilities or Invisible disability

11. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Assistive Technology is a generic term for devices and modifications that help overcome or remove a disability.

12. EXAMPLES OF ASSISTED TECHNOLOGY Wheel chair. Standing frame. Text telephones. Accessible keyboard. Large print. Braille. Speech recognition software.

13. INPUT DEVICES FOR PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED COMPUTER USERS

14. ALTERNATIVE KEYBOARDS

15. Keyboards for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Connective Tissue Disorder and Arthritis No Finger Pressure

16. Sealed Keyboard

17. One inch extra large keys for limited sighted persons.

18. Large Key for sight impaired, or Toe operation

19. Light Beam controlled Keyboard key layout

20. Light beam Keyboard Being used with Notebook Computer

21. CONTROL DEVICES

22. Sip-and-Puff Controls

23. Precision Joystick Mouse with Switch Clicking

24. No-Grip Mouse and Accessible Clicking Kit

25. Head Tracking Mouse with Switch Clicking

26. Wireless Bluetooth Head Mouse

27. Brain & Facial Gesture Computer Control Interface

28. Fingertip or Chin Button Mouse

29. New non-contact TV control

30. OTHER DEVICES FOR PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED COMPUTER USERS Screen readers or optical character recognition applications Speech control interface Magnification software The ‘Tongue Drive System’

31. Pointing Devices Sticks and Wands Touch Screens Voice Recognition Software Speech to Text Software

32. CONCLUSION

33. “along with independence comes the capability for even severely disabled people to earn a living”