People+with+disabilities

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This woman got to pick up water to mouth with a computer on April 12 .Scientist found how to get paralyzed people to drink and eat again. media type="youtube" key="ogBX18maUiM" height="315" width="560"
 * //In April of 2012 scientist made a discovery that they can make a robot that can have a wire hooked up that he brain and order the brain to do stuff. The robot came useful to a paralyzed woman who is actually a quaderaplegic which means she is paralyzed from the neck down. This woman has been paralyzed from the waist down for over 15 years and couldn't pick anything up but she could pick up a bottle of water with the help of a robot.//**


 * //How does this robot work?//**

**//This robot works by a wire that is connected to the brain and it goes from the brain to the computer which is in the robot. The robot then does what the brain was thinking.//**

 * //All of this took scientist about 40 years to make this brain//** **//computer to come to life and work on people. This test started in the 1970s and went on from there.//**

They are trying to make programs to help people with disabilities, but they need more work on it.

=**The i-limb Ultra**=

New technology helps people with lost limbs be able to do everything they could do with a hand. The new i-limb ultra is the world's leading prosthetic hand and its like your normal hand. Each finger moves independently and bends at the natural joints so that it can accurately adapt to fit around the shape of the object you want to grasp.



With this new technology maybe in the future we could create prosthetic limbs that grow with you for infants born with disabilities.

the i-limb website: http://www.touchbionics.com/products/active-prostheses/i-limb-ultra/

media type="youtube" key="_2qPWc32LS8" height="315" width="560" This a man who lost his eye in a shooting accident. He can see very well with his eye. As you can see, the screen he is holding is what the man can see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBXTSxTw-Xg&feature=player_detailpage = = =__**Bionic Body Parts**__=
 * //Bionic body parts help kids & adults do things they might not have been able to do before.//**


 * //Will you ever be able to grow a new arm? Maybe! Scientists are working with a type of cell called a stem-cell. These special cells might let humans regenerate. Maybe in the future we can grow new body parts. //**

=Wheelchair basketball can help people play basketball & be more active. They do not get judged, or made fun of, they can just have fun=

This man is blind, but these glasses help him see using augmented reality.
 * //Also Alpine skiing for people with disabilities began to start after world war 2,when wounded soldiers returned from the war. Also these men wanted to continue with there favorite sports but because they were injured they couldn't do there hobby. Soon an event called the Paralympic Winter Games came to life. This is where paralyzed men and woman can compete for the gold and don't have to sit out of there favorite hobbies. This started in 1976. In 2008 these games became the most representative games in history with almost 4000competitors from 146 countries.//**

media type="youtube" key="dBXTSxTw-Xg" width="425" height="350" This is a video about people with disabilities using prosthetic limbs to run, walk, and exercise. These people either lost there limbs or were born like that and now are using prosthetic limbs to build up their strength. They will learn to do every thing physical with their prosthetic limbs.

This man, Stephen Hawking uses a computer to talk and to work.He is an amazing scientist and he is a very smart guy. He was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at age 21. He says, “My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”

[|Stephen Hawking]

===**This is a car so advanced, a blind person can drive it. Researchers at Virgina Tech have taken technology developed by the military and packed it onto a dune buggy that tells the driver exactly where to go. The car has a laser range finder to estimate distance, and counts down before turns to let drivers know when to turn the wheel. A vibrating conveys other commands, when the whole car buzzes, they know it's time to slam on the breaks**.===

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12 year old boy living with ADHD.

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