Assisting people with multiple disabilities to use computers with multiple mice.
This study assessed the combination of multiple mice aid with two persons with multiple disabilities. Complete mouse operation which needed the physically functional sound, was distributed among their limbs with remaining ability. Through these decentralized operations, they could still reach complete mouse pointing control. Initially, both participants had their baseline sessions. Then intervention started with the first participant. When his performance was consolidated, new baseline and intervention occurred with the second participant. Finally, both participants were exposed to maintenance phase, in which their pointing performance improved significantly. Data indicated that both participants: (a) learnt to use multi-mice to realize pointing (b) remained highly successful through maintenance phase. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Shih
Ching-Hsiang
CH
Department of Special Education, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 970, Taiwan, ROC. schee@mail.ndhu.edu.tw
Shih
Ching-Tien
CT
D002648:Child; D003200:Computer User Training; D003201:Computers; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D012984:Software