Publication: Basic needs communicator for non-mobile & non-verbal children using pic microcontroller
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Date
2012-07-01
Authors
Yik, Alvin wei Yong
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Disabled children with mobility and verbal communication problems have always been neglected by our society. It has long been observed that this group of children often has a hard time communicating with their family in their daily lives. An attempt to build a communicator for non-verbal and non-mobile disabled children is thus being initiated. The built device allows disabled children to tell their parents their needs by pressing buttons on the device. LEDs will light up and buzzer will make a tone accordingly to notify parents. Pictures relating to the needs are attached on top of the device to help children understand what the buttons mean. Other functions of this device include wireless communication and loud noise detection which indicates emergency. Parents will have to carry a receiver with them to receive information from the device at any time. When a loud noise is detected nearby the children, the device will also transmit a signal to the receiver to alarm parents in case of emergency. With this device developed, non-verbal and non-mobile disabled children can communicate with their parents at all time while parents can have more freedom to do other things around the house, far from their disabled children.