Assistive and augmentive communication for the disabled intelligent technologies for communication, learning and teaching /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Theng, Lau Bee, 1974-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.
• Subjects: People with disabilities > Means of communication.; Communication devices for people with disabilities.; Assistive computer technology.; Collaboration; Blended learning; 3D assistive technologies; Assisting social skills; Face based real time communication; ICT to assist visually impaired people; Assisting children with cerebral palsy; Spatial knowledge communication; Statistical analysis of facial expression; Wireless healthcare monitoring system
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"This book provides benefits to professionals and researchers working in various disciplines in the field, such as special education, healthcare, computational intelligence and information technology offering insights and support to individuals who are concerned with the development of children...

Table of Contents:

• 1. 2D animated social story for assisting social skills learning of children with autism spectrum disorder / Vivi Mandasari, Marlene Valerie Lu and Lau Bee Theng
• 2. 3D assistive technologies and advantageous themes for collaboration and blended learning of users with disabilities / Georgios A. Dafoulas and Noha Saleeb
• 3. A face based real time communication for physically and speech disabled people / Ong Chin Ann, Marlene Valerie Lu and Lau Bee Theng
• 4. A novel application of information communication technology to assist visually impaired people / Tee Zhi Heng, Ang Li Minn and Seng Kah Phooi
• 5. Collaborative virtual learning for assisting children with cerebral palsy / Nia Valeria, Marlene Valerie Lu and Lau Bee Theng
• 6. Enabling context aware services in the area of AAC / Lau Sian Lun and Klaus David
• 7. Spatial knowledge communication to visually challenged people / Kanubhai K. Patel and Sanjay Kumar Vij
• 8. Statistical analysis of facial expression on 3D face shapes / Jacey-Lynn Minoi and Duncan Gillies
• 9. The role of augmented E-learning systems for enhancing pro-social behaviour in socially impaired individuals / Jonathan Bishop
• 10. The outdoor wireless healthcare monitoring system for hospital patients based on ZigBee / Xiaoxin Xu, Mingguang Wu, Bin Sun, Jianwei Zhang and Cheng Ding.