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An interactive application that employs social interactions to teach key social conventions, including appropriate responses, reacting to body language and facial expressions, and the ability to ask for help to facilitate functioning in society

Development of web access technology, through a customized speech recognition application and related systems that promote access for people with disabilities to information and learning in the educational environment

Design of a Proximity Sensing Textile as a passive receiver that senses the transmission of orientation and mobility guidance information externally supplied by an existing signage system

WE PROPOSE TO RESEARCH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE INTERFACE FOR LD STUDENTS TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED ENHANCEDVIDEO AND AUDITORY CUES FOR READING AND MATHEMATICS. THE GOALS ARE TO: (1) PILOT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE INTERFACE FOR CREATING MULTI-ACCESS TEXT ENVIRONMENTS (MATE'S) TO ENABLE LD STUDENTS TO ACCOMMODATE FOR INDIVIDUALPERCEPTUAL DEFICITS BY CREATING SPECIFIC ENCODING AND DECODING ...

WE ARE DEVELOPING A WEARABLE, PERSONAL ELECTRONIC REMINDING,GUIDING AND LOCATION MONITORING SYSTEM THAT MAY BE USED TO AUGMENT TRADITIONAL TEACHING AND SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS WHOARE MENTALLY RETARDED AND/OR TO SERVE AS A LONG TERM COGNITIVE PROSTHETIC TO PROMOTE THEIR PERSONAL AUTONOMY. THIS WALKMAN-SIZED, MICROPROCESSOR-BASED GUIDANCE SYSTEM CANAUTOMATICALLY VERBALLY REMIND A USER ABOUT PRESCHED ...

THE EDUCATION OF MULTIPLY HANDICAPPED INFANTS AND TODDLERS IS A CHALLENGING TASK. THE COMBINATION OF A PHYSICAL DISABILITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH COGNITIVE AND/OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS SEVERELY RESTRICTS THE YOUNG CHILD'S ACCESS TO THE WORLD AND CONSTRAINS THE TYPES OF INPUTS TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT ENABLE LEARNING. MANY OF THESE CHILDRENCAN BECOME PRODUCTIVE WITH THE AID OF DEVICES THAT IMP ...

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CONCRETE EXPERIENCE AND INTERACTION WITH ONE'S ENVIRONMENT PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. PRESCHOOLERS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY DISABLED ARE OFTEN LIMITED IN THE KINDS OF INTERACTIONS THEY CAN INITIATE. THESE LIMITATIONS CAN AFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO DEVELOP LANGUAGE SKILLS WHICH IN TURN MAY CONTRIBUTE TO LONG TERM DIFFICULTIES IN ALL AREAS OF FUNCTIONING. TOUCHSTONE COMPUTER LEARNING CE ...

MORE THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER AREA OF THE ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM, MUSIC CLASSES HAVE BEEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTEGRATING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES INTO GENERAL EDUCATION SETTINGS. MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICA'S MUSICEDUCATORS HAVE SOME CONTACT WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES,AND EXTENSIVE RESEARCH HAS IDENTIFIED EDUCATIONAL APPROACHESAND CLASSROOM STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE MUSIC MAINSTREAMING. UNFOR ...