People With Disabilities

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People With Disabilities

As we approach the 21st century, there are noticeable advancements in technology
that is making communication much easier for the people of the world. The people
who are now achieving more due to this technology are those with disabilities.
The new wave of electronics is coming in the form of assistive technology.
Assistive technology is a device or process that helps a person with a
disability to do something that could otherwise be difficult or impossible to
accomplish. By implementing appliances into people's lives who are unable to
communicate without aid, a new door is being opened for the disabled. With the
use of alternate access aids, hearing aids, and alternative communication
devices, just to name a few, a newfound dignity is being realized by people who
otherwise would not be able to communicate on a regular basis. In this essay, I
will address new technologies for people who are disadvantaged in the
communication field and how these devices are adding not only to their lives,
but to the communication process as a whole. The more quickly the world can
become compatible for people who are incapable of customary communication, the
more quickly the walls that stand in the way of communication will be scaled.
Once this is achieved, it will pave the way for a world where communication is
available to all people and no longer will being disabled put you at a
disability. Technology has taken a giant leap in the right direction with the
invention of new devices that can be used to help people who are disabled to be
able to communicate more effectively. Inventions such as the
"Liberator", hearing aids, augmentative and alternative access aids,
and so on, have made great improvements to the amount of communication that
people with disabilities can become involved in. These assistive technologies
are, in some cases, the only means of communication a disabled person has. A new
device that I feel is notable and very beneficial to disadvantaged people is
that of the Voice Output Communication Aid (VOCA). This aid produces synthesized
speech that can be readily understood by the general public and therefore
improving interactions with speaking individuals. In one study, it was noted
that the VOCA improved communication in a person who has profound mental
retardation from 21% to 86%. A follow up of the patient after a month of using
the VOCA produced that she used her VOCA for 75% of her communicative behavior.
(Schepis & Reid, 1995, ...

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