Republican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. study foresees robots as improving both the quality and flexibility of the lives of people with disabilities that affect the use of their limbs.
... for the visually impaired. Reality has yet to catch up with that vision, so instead European researchers have developed a personal navigation aid to help disabled people make use of public transport.
A study has found that there is a strong link between disability and poverty in Australia's cities, but it is unclear which comes first.
... to promote the acquisition and enhancement of life skills in all dimensions, to enable young disabled people to participate in both the instrumental and discretionary opportunities of their lives, as ...
A new technology allows disabled people to control everything from wheelchairs to computers with their tongue. A small magnet is pierced into the person's tongue which traces the movement of the ...
A group of students from The University of Nottingham have designed an off-road wheelchair to help disabled people cope with rough terrain in developing countries.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new device that uses a tiny magnet can help disabled people steer a wheelchair or operate a computer using only the tip of the tongue, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
... with imitation and coaching, resembling more closely the way people learn new tasks.
No matter ... places. For example a humanoid butler could assist disabled people at home, while humanoid porters ...
... study and Research Scientist at the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities.
People with Down syndrome are born with an extra copy of Chromosome 21, and these third ...
... 2004 and now again in Beijing in 2008. The next step, which we are already looking into with our partners, is to use this expertise for similar developments of prostheses for other disabled people."
Case study: The potential patient for brain implants to help disabled people move independently
... to support effective research. It will permit analysis of small subgroups, such as teenage parents or disabled people.
Speaking about the launch, Professor Ian Diamond, Chief Executive of the ESRC, ...
... reports on the manufacturing of synthetic cartilage similar to human cartilage, for medical use. Protection of the knee for disabled people with prostheses may be one of the first applications.
... reports on the manufacturing of synthetic cartilage similar to human cartilage, for medical use. Protection of the knee for disabled people with prostheses may be one of the first applications.
