problem statements
Our beneficiaries are looking for innovative solutions and fresh perspectives on the problems People with Disabilities faced daily.
Organisation: Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS)
Description:
When volunteers (especially new ones) engage with our non-verbal adult clients with intellectual disabilities, they face a difficulty understanding what the clients are trying to say. As such, these non-verbal clients are sometimes neglected and the verbal clients are engaged instead. However, our non-verbal clients are very aware of their surroundings, which makes them feel defeated when ignored.
Expected Outcome:
A means to help the non-verbal adults express their choices or “say” basic conversational statements.
Tags:
speech, electronics, electrical, communication, intellectual disabilities, autism, hardware
Organisation: Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS)
Description:
People with autism might lack social skills and sometimes shy away from physical contact from familiar people like their families. Also, some of them might have tendencies to listen to certain sounds such as rubbing paper or tearing the paper, which might be socially inappropriate to repeatedly do in public. If there is a means to encourage social skills and give the sound as positive reinforcement to the people, it might translate to better social skills with other people in the future.
Expected Outcome:
A soft toy that gives selected sounds as positive feedback after giving it a high five/hand shake/ hug.
Tags:
autism, sensory feedback, social skills, electrical, electronics, hardware
Organisation: Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS)
Description:
When adults with intellectual disabilities are disengaged, they sometimes engage in behaviours like self-talk, shaking, etc. As such, when some of our clients sit in the MRT while travelling, they might exhibit such behaviours which will draw attention to them. This causes stress for caregivers. Our clients have also tried tools like fidget cubes and spinners, but to limited success due to its small size (they sometimes lack the fine motor skills to fiddle with certain parts of the tools).
Expected Outcome:
A socially appropriate and portable means to engage clients in the MRT without disrupting others.
Tags:
autism, intellectual disabilities, Assisted Daily Living (ADL), mechanical engineering, electronics, software, hardware
Organisation: Grace Orchard School
Description:
Clients are 14 years old. They are able to make sounds but cannot speak clearly due to tightness in facial muscles, and/or poor muscle coordination. They are able to communicate her needs generally, write somewhat legibly but unable spell/can only spell simple words.
Expected Outcome:
The expected outcome is for the client(s) to be able to have some form of casual communication for social interaction. This will boost their self-esteem and socialisation skills.
Tags:
communication, electronics, software, intellectual disabilities, Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: SPD
Description:
In a classroom setting, it is difficult for hearing-impaired Persons with Disabilities to participate in the discussion and engage the trainer without sign interpreters. And sign interpreters are in short supply. Currently, there are speech to text software in the market, but they are meant for personalised use and require extensive training of the personal profile. In addition, these software do not recognise Asian accents well.
Expected Outcome:
A speech to text application that is workable out of the box for different speakers i.e. without the need to train the profiles for each speaker. Preferably, the application can be used for different local languages as well, e.g. Mandarin, Tamil, Malay.
Tags:
Hearing impaired, software, communication, classroom
Organisation: SPD
Description:
For communication between a hearing-impaired Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and people without hearing impairments, it can be rather awkward to communicate using pen and paper, or typing on a single screen. There is a lack of face to face communication, unlike signing between two persons who know sign language. Signing is also a spontaneous activity, whereas the alternative methods mentioned beforehand require prior equipment. These methods can also be restrictive in terms of breadth and depth of discussion as it can be tedious to write/type or to communicate on a small piece of paper/screen.
Expected Outcome:
Facilitates face to face communication between hearing-impaired PwDs and persons without hearing impairment. Could also be used for PwDs with autism as some may find it easier to type out their thoughts rather than verbalising them.
Tags:
hearing impaired, software, communication, Assisted Daily Living (ADL), autism
Organisation: SPD
Description:
A non-intrusive way to grab the attention of the PwDs. Especially for PwDs with autism or intellectual disability, they need to feel comfortable with wearable solutions. And the solutions should be simple enough for them to use.
Expected Outcome:
A non-intrusive way to grab the attention of the PwDs. Especially for PwDs with autism or intellectual disability, they need to feel comfortable with wearable solutions. And the solutions should be simple enough for them to use.
Tags:
communication, electronics, software, intellectual disabilities, Assisted Daily Living (ADL), visually impaired, hearing impaired, autism
Organisation: SPD
Description:
Individuals with Autism or Sensory disorders may find loud and severe noise an overload to their senses. Current solutions for this problem include earplugs & earmuffs. These tend to be intrusive (need to insert into the ear), hot and uncomfortable, and blocks most sound, including conversations. A more comfortable and less obstructive solution is needed to block the unwanted noise but also let the needed conversations and speech through.
Expected Outcome:
Noise Blocking for ASD/ADD/ADHD
Tags:
autism, hardware, sensory feedback
Organisation: SG Enable
Description:
The client’s neurofibromatosis type two makes her blind and gradually becoming deaf. The client would like a portable way of communicating with persons who don’t know tactile sign languages, such as an erasable tactile tablet or a tablet with Scrabble-like letters. (Examples of tactile tablets can be found at www.easytactilegraphics.com).
Expected Outcome:
Tactile tablet for communication
Tags:
Visually impaired, hearing impaired, software, communication
Organisation: SG Enable
Description:
In older HDB flats, typically there are steps leading up to the corridor units. For wheelchair users, this impedes their ability to get in and out of the unit independently, which reduces the opportunities for the wheelchair user to be integrated with society. Ramps are an option, but they may not work in all cases e.g. those with narrow corridors. Cost is another issue, as motorised options typically cost much more. Another area to work around are the various policy issues imposed by HDB, SCDF, BCA and Town Councils.
Expected Outcome:
An innovative solution for wheelchair users’ mobility.
Tags:
Physical disability, wheelchairs, mechanical, hardware, navigation
Organisation: SG Enable
Description:
Environmental barriers typically prevent Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) from travelling independently.
– For visually impaired PwDs, they are unable to navigate around in unfamiliar places without initial help.
– For hearing impaired PwDs, they may not be able to listen out for audio cues about impending danger e.g. car honks.
– For PwDs with autism or intellectual disability, they can be distracted, or forget the route, and end up in unfamiliar places that could agitate them.
– For wheelchair users, curbs, uneven paths, stairs are just some of the barriers preventing them from continuing their journey.
Tags:
Visually impaired, hearing impaired, physical disability, autism, intellectual disabilities, Assisted Daily Living (ADL), navigation, software, hardware
Organisation: SG Enable
Description:
For persons who are visually impaired, they have difficulty knowing the buses that go to unfamiliar bus stops. Even if they know, they cannot signal easily to the driver of the bus, often having to rely on the general public to help them flag the bus. For people who are physically disabled, their limited mobility may prevent them from signalling to the bus driver as well (e.g. they may not be able to raise their hand high enough).
Tags:
Visually impaired, physical disability, navigation, communication, Assisted Daily Living (ADL), software, hardware
Organisation: SG Enable
Description:
Most of the websites are not accessible to Persons with Disabilities who are visually impaired (both low vision and blind). For PwDs who are hearing impaired, the challenges come when they are viewing videos without closed captioning. For the visually impaired, there are screen readers that help them navigate websites, but there are instances where they may be using a public computer e.g. in the library where screen readers are not likely to be installed.
Tags:
software, communication
Organisation: SG Enable
Description:
The pedestrian crossing can pose different kinds of issues for persons with different kinds of disabilities. Accommodating traffic crossings for PWDs may not be well accepted by persons without disabilities. The challenge is thus to balance the needs of all pedestrians with the safety of all pedestrians. For the visually impaired, audio cues are essential to guide them across the road, but it might come across as a disturbance to others. In addition, without an effective audio cue system, they also experience difficulty in walking in a straight line to the other side of the road. For persons with autism, the blinking lights and the audio cues might be overwhelming to their senses, thereby affecting their ability to cross the road safely.
Expected Outcome:
Improve the traffic light system.
Tags:
Visually impaired, physical disability, navigation, communication, Assisted Daily Living (ADL), software, hardware, autism
Organisation: SG Enable
Description:
Lack of info on accessible toilets is keeping those with a physical disability at home instead of going out and enjoying a more independent life. Currently, there are initiatives that rely on crowd sourcing to solicit such information (AllGoEasy and Accessible Maps Singapore) but progress is slow as the motivation to submit information wanes after the initial drive.
Tags:
Physical disability, Assisted Daily Living (ADL), software
Organisation: SG Enable
Description:
For caregivers of PwDs (especially persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder and mild Intellectual Disability), while they recognise the benefits of independent travel for the PwDs, it is difficult for them to let go without having sufficient confidence in a system that can track the PwDs accurately and efficiently.
Tags:
Autism, Intellectual Disability, software, hardware
Organisation: SG Enable
Description:
The client cannot control her left hand and left leg. She is deaf in her right ear, numb in right side and vision only on her left side. Her biggest challenge is her inability to use zippers, limiting her clothing and others. She also has an issue opening an umbrella with only one hand.
Expected Outcome:
Easier to operate zippers and open umbrellas.
Tags:
Physical disability, hardware, Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: Direct with Beneficiary
Description:
Client is 26 years old. He is deaf and working in IT security. He is constantly taking out his phone to launch a speech-to-text app so he can understand what the other person is saying, but this often leads to impatience in the other person.
Expected Outcome:
He is looking for a solution such as google glass which will convert speech-to-text automatically so he doesn’t have to keep taking out his phone.
Tags:
Hearing impaired, software, communication, Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: Direct with Beneficiary
Description:
Client is 26 years old. He is deaf and working in IT security. He can’t hear knocks on his front door, nor can he hear his alarm clock. He is also bothered that he can’t hear fire alarms or emergency alerts such as the Public Warning System.
Expected Outcome:
Wants to be informed when someone is knocking at the door and to be woken when his alarm goes off. Also would like to be alerted to emergency sounds such as fire alarms or other public alerts. These notifications could come in the form of an app, vibrations to his bed, and flashing bulbs that he can install around his home (for example, Philips Hue bulbs).
Tags:
Hearing impaired, software, communication, Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: SPD
Description:
Youth with hearing loss finds it challenging to communicate with others, and relies on typing on his phone to express his thoughts. He finds that this takes up a lot of time and people may not have the patience to wait for him.
Expected Outcome:
To communicate with others more effectively and easily.
Tags:
Hearing impaired, software, communication, Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: CPAS (Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore)
Description:
Clients in wheelchairs often get sores and experience discomfort where the pressure is high. Would like to have a wheelchair cushion that automatically senses high pressure areas and deflates those areas of the cushion.
Expected Outcome:
To prevent pressure sore and increase seating comfort.
Tags:
Physical disability, hardware, Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: CPAS (Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore)
Description:
Clients in wheelchairs need a convenient way to clean the wheelchair by themselves on a daily basis. This protects against mould, mites and bed bugs.
Expected Outcome:
To make the maintenance task easier for wheelchairs by the beneficiaries.
Tags:
Physical disability, hardware, Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: CPAS (Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore)
Description:
Hydraulic vans are very expensive. If we can find a way for the clients to be transferred from a wheelchair to any type of van, rather than having to request a special hydraulic van, it will save them a lot of money in paying for transport fees.
Expected Outcome:
A flexible way of transferring clients from wheelchair to van and vice versa.
Tags:
Physical disability, hardware, Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH)
Description:
Most power banks are inaccessible to blind people – you have to look at the indicator lights to know how full the power bank is. Can there be an app which helps with reading indicator lights? Things like number of lights, whether they are flashing, what colour, which can be used generically, meaning not have to be programmed specifically to work with particular models of products. For example, the app could report “3 flashing yellow lights”, “1 solid light, 2 flashing lights”, “1 red light, 1 green light”, etc. Ideally, this solution could be extended to other applications involving indicator lights, such as whether a device has been turned on, or even if the MRT payment gate is green (going in) or red (going the other way), for those who are colour blind.
Expected Outcome:
A general purpose app that can help describe indicator lights for the blind.
Tags:
Visually impaired, software, communication
Organisation: Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH)
Description:
Blind people have to cross traffic junctions, but not all traffic junctions have audible signals to indicate when it is safe to cross. Can there be a smartphone app which can guide a blind person to aim his/her phone at the correct spot opposite the traffic crossing, then tell him/her if the traffic light is a red man, a green man, or a flashing green man? If it can read the countdown timer, that would be even better. The app could also guide the user to walk between the lines of the crossing, to avoid someone walking off at an angle.
Expected Outcome:
A safer experience for the blind who are crossing traffic junctions.
Tags:
Visually impaired, software, Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: MSIS (Melbourne Specialist International School)
Description:
Many of our students are autistic. Therefore expressive language is difficult for them. We use many methods to help them express themselves: gestures, photos, drawings, PECS, communication programs (for example , ‘proloquo to go’) and then by pairing this with sound approximations, first sounds, and then word approximations, single-word expressions, and moving on to multi-word expressions. We “baby step” them towards verbal expression. Currently, the difficulty for our teachers is that our students come from different countries, and their parents are used to different types of software. We would like someone to take a look at all the different apps we have in use, and mesh them into a single, universal app that combines the most important features and that can be used in the classroom and at home. The app should be installed on a dedicated device, so that the children are not distracted by using the device for other activities such as entertainment.
Expected Outcome:
A platform for teaching verbal language to our students that can be used in the classroom and at home. The platform must be able to take the students on a journey from sounds to multi-word expressions. It must be usable by students with a range of abilities (for example, one child could understand a drawn image of a toilet, but another child might find this too abstract, and needs to look at a photo of himself/herself sitting on a toilet.) The platform must appeal to three interest groups: the child, the teachers, and the parents.
Tags:
Intellectual disabilities, classroom, software, communication, Assisted Daily Living (ADL), autism
Organisation: MSIS (Melbourne Specialist International School)
Description:
Some students have difficulty holding a pen or pencil. We are looking for a different or improved writing instrument that will make writing easier for them. If they cannot use any kind of writing instrument, then some kind of accessible keyboard would be another option. Other students would like to work on their typing skills as they are working on computers. In general, it would be useful if we had a portable and universal keyboard that can be used with computers and/or iPads, and which can be adapted to students who have motor issues.
Expected Outcome:
An easier writing instrument and/or universal keyboard. Should be adaptable to children with different needs and limitations.
Tags:
Intellectual disabilities, classroom, software, communication, Assisted Daily Living (ADL), autism, hardware, electronics
Organisation: MSIS (Melbourne Specialist International School)
Description:
Some students cannot speak, and cannot move their arms or legs. We need a simple method for them to communicate “yes” and “no” answers. We have tried using simple buttons of different colours, but have often run across difficulties mounting them where the child can easily push them. Different children have different limitations. We are looking for a flexible and wearable solution so that even children with extremely limited physical mobility can use it to communicate “yes” and “no”. The children are often seated at desks in a classroom setting.
Expected Outcome:
A wearable device to communicate simple yes and no answers which is accessible to someone who can’t control their upper or lower limbs.
Tags:
Intellectual disabilities, classroom, communication, autism, hardware, electronics
Organisation: Down Syndrome Association
Description:
A daily struggle faced by persons with Down syndrome is the availability of tech to help with the challenges of travelling on public transportation. We are looking for an app to assist in giving audio narration on 1) names of train stations and bus stops; and 2) list the remaining stations/stops on the journey to the chosen destination. The app must be downloadable to any smartphone, and should be visually easy to use.
Expected Outcome:
If our beneficiaries have an app that helps them get from point A to point B, they will be supported in their efforts to get employment, travel to centres to receive services, and enlarge their social opportunities. This will boost their dignity and sense of value.
Tags:
Down syndrome, ADL, software, communication
Organisation: Down Syndrome Association
Description:
We conduct sessions where our Inclusion Ambassadors (IAs) share their life stories. One of our Inclusion Ambassadors has great potential to be a leader in these sessions. However, he has limited mobility of limbs, and has a speech disability which makes it necessary for him to repeat himself 5 or 6 times in order to be understood by others. This limits his ability to participate in our discussions. We would like a communication tool to help him communicate effectively with others. There is no restriction on what this tool can be, but it should be developed after careful attention is paid to the specific needs of the client and in the spirit of collaboration and exploration. Additional Info: Our Inclusion Ambassadors are DPA’s members who have been trained and mentored by DPA to engage with participants from different walks of life. These ambassadors interact with participants and share their powerful insights and personal experiences to raise awareness and promote inclusion.
Expected Outcome:
Our IA can experience greater ease in expressing himself, and participate effectively in discussions.
Tags:
ADL, communication
Organisation: Rainbow Center
Description:
Children with mobility impairment may have to use a school bus with steps (i.e. not fitted with assistive technology for accessibility) and require assistance to be hoisted up and down the school bus. This can be a safety risk for the child and the school helpers due to the height and narrow entry way of the school bus. These children can weigh up to 60kg and require support (e.g. handle bars) to walk unassisted. The challenge is to develop a solution for such mobility impaired children to enter and exit a school bus with steps safely and for helpers to be safe while assisting the child to do so.
Expected Outcome:
A solution that is mobile (so that school helpers can use it at the pick-up/drop-off lobby), reliable (for operation multiple times during pick-up/drop-off timings) and safe (for the child and school helpers).
Tags:
Hardware,ADL
Organisation: Rainbow Center
Description:
Children with disabilities need to achieve independence to perform in-school tasks, yet they can be susceptible to falls and other distractions. In-school tasks include going to the toilet, visiting the school’s admin office, and other chores requiring travel around the school campus. We would like an app for Teachers to use to train the child to be independently mobile within the school (100m radius). Assume that children are equipped with a WiFi/Bluetooth enabled device (e.g. Android based or iOS smartphone or smart watch). The application needs to be able to allow the Teacher to accurately know the location of multiple children (in the class), to geofence safe zones and send notifications when the child is out of the safe zone and to be able to receive notifications in the event of a fall. The application must also be easy to use for the teacher and available on Android and iOS.
Expected Outcome:
A tool that helps children with disabilities move around the school independently and safely.
Tags:
Hardware,social skills,mechanical engineering,physical disability,navigation,wheelchairs
Organisation: AWWA Early Intervention Centre (Fernvale)
Description:
A device or game that provides audio and visual feedback for an impaired child to learn stair climbing without handholds.
Tags:
Mechanical,Software,Hardware,Physical disability,Navigation,Sensory feedback,Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: AWWA Early Intervention Centre (Fernvale)
Description:
Activity chairs like Rifton chair are expensive. It will be good if there is a more cost-effective option. Activity chairs can be multi-purpose and used during table top activities, meal times and even shower time.
Tags:
Mechanical,Hardware,Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: AWWA Early Intervention Centre (Fernvale)
Description:
Children who require high physical support find it difficult to experience cycling. A specially designed tricycle would help them greatly.
Tags:
Mechanical,Hardware,Sensory feedback,Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: AWWA Early Intervention Centre (Fernvale)
Description:
Innovative toys that teach cause and effect, social skills and functional abilities such as throwing. Activities include playing with balls, musical instruments, and blowing bubbles.
Expected Outcome:
Learning and fun
Tags:
Mechanical,Hardware,Communication,Sensory feedback,Social skills
Organisation: AWWA Early Intervention Centre (Fernvale)
Description:
Communication buttons that can be mounted on surfaces like walls and doors (e.g. button on snack table to request to eat snack.)
Expected Outcome:
Increased participation in daily routines (meal times, work time)
Tags:
Electrical,Electronics,Hardware,Communication,Social skills,Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: AWWA Early Intervention Centre (Fernvale)
Description:
Switches that help operate electrical appliances and high-interest devices such as music players.
Expected Outcome:
Increase children’s participation in everyday activities
Tags:
Electrical,Electronics,Mechanical,Hardware,Sensory feedback,Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: AWWA Early Intervention Centre (Fernvale)
Description:
Some ideas: device that reads words out when you point to them, books with record-able messages, and other tools to enable interaction during story time.
Tags:
Electrical,Electronics,Software,Hardware,Speech,Communication,Social skills
Organisation: AWWA Early Intervention Centre (Fernvale)
Description:
A shoulder pulley with gear system (bicycle type), power operated, adjustable range and resistance, digital timer, sensors for vital signs and ECG.
Expected Outcomes:
Improved shoulder range-of-motion (ROM), strengthened shoulder joint muscles, improved vital capacity, and prevention of shoulder stiffness. Improved cardiac endurance for post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients.
Tags:
Electrical,Electronics,Mechanical,Hardware,Physical disability,Sensory feedback
Organisation: AWWA Early Intervention Centre (Fernvale)
Description:
Install sensors in a walking aide that will alert seniors through visual and auditory cues if there are any obstacles or uneven surfaces in front.
Expected Outcomes:
Reduced risk of falling
Tags:
Electrical,Electronics,Mechanical,Hardware,Physical disability,Navigation,Communication,Sensory feedback,Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: AWWA Early Intervention Centre (Fernvale)
Description:
Develop a digital bingo game (A3 size) that comes with different animal sounds, transport sounds and musical sounds.
Tags:
Software,Communication,Sensory feedback,Social skills
Organisation: AWWA Early Intervention Centre (Fernvale)
Description:
Large touch screen game with auditory and visual cues, with the following suggested themes:
1. Wonders of the World
2. Costumes of the World
3. Singapore Celebrations
4. Easy Mahjong
5. SG Logos – Then and Now
6. Spot the Difference
Tags:
Software,Communication,Sensory feedback,Social skills
Organisation: NUH Department of Rehabilitation
Description:
A Virtual Reality (VR) program targeting people with anxiety. A program that can allow patients to learn relaxation techniques, as well as have the possibility and flexibility to create localised situations that patients are fearful/ anxious of, allowing patients to practise handling these situations in a safe environment before trying it out in real situations. For instance, patients with social anxiety often have issues with settings such as hawker centres, MRT/buses, and shopping centres.
Expected Outcome:
Patients learn to cope with anxiety.
Tags:
Software,Communication,Sensory feedback,Social skills,Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH)
Description:
Even totally blind people can benefit from carrying a light around them. One obvious use is at night, so that others can see them, as opposed to the other way round. However, in such cases, the totally blind person will not be able to know if the light is switched on, or out of battery. It would be useful to have a low-cost button light with audible feedback for turning on/off, perhaps low battery alerts as well, and something which can be used to attach the light to another object or worn on the body.
Expected Outcome:
Low cost attachable safety lights with audio feedback
Tags:
Electrical,Electronics,Hardware,Visually impaired,Navigation,Communication,Sensory feedback,Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: Direct with Beneficiary
Description:
A blind artist often misplaces his tools in his workshop. Sometimes he has left them in a different location in the workshop. When this happens, he often has to wait until he randomly stumbles upon that tool in order to use it again. He is looking for a solution that will allow him to find his tools again quickly.
Expected Outcome:
Faster process to find tools in workshop
Tags:
Electrical,Electronics,Mechanical,Software,Hardware,Visually impaired,Navigation,Sensory feedback,Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: SNSA- Singapore National Stroke association
Description:
Client has only one stable hand. The other hand is unsteady. She needs a solution for cutting her finger nails.
Expected Outcome:
Safe solution for cutting finger nails.
Tags:
Physically Impaired
Organisation: Disabled People's Association
Description:
One of our Inclusion Ambassadors is highly qualified and has great potential. He has cerebral palsy. He faces barriers in typing fast, which limits his opportunity to be employed in roles of his choice. He is a wheelchair user. He uses Dragon software to type. But he is of the opinion that Dragon software is not suitable for all industries. We would like a tool to help him communicate effectively (writing emails, tracking documents, writing reports) to fulfill his job responsibilities. There is no restriction on what this tool can be, but it should be developed after careful attention is paid to the specific needs of the client and in the spirit of collaboration and exploration.
Expected Outcome:
Our IA will be able to type faster and communicate effectively with others. He will be able to explore opportunities in various sectors.
Tags:
Assisted Daily Living (ADL),Communication,Hardware,Physical disability,Sensory feedback,Social skills,Software,Speech
Organisation: Direct with Beneficiary
Description:
While walkers are available for seniors who have an advanced stage of immobility, there appear to be no devices to provide balance support for those who are still fairly mobile, but who have balance issues (such as those with Parkinsons Disease). Such a device could help seniors or folks with balance issues to walk, run or perhaps play sports without fear of falling.
Expected Outcome:
A device/apparatus that provides mobile balancing support
Tags:
Assisted Daily Living (ADL),Hardware,Mechanical,Physical disability
Organisation: APSN (Association for Persons with Special Needs)
Description:
When learning how to bake, trainees at APSN have to use a weighing scale to measure the needed amount of ingredients. However, trainees might lack the quantitative reasoning to know if they should add or reduce the ingredient. It would be great to have a weighing scale that communicates this to them in a manner which they can easily understand.
Expected Outcome:
A weighing scale which someone without quantitative reasoning can use effectively.
Tags:
Hardware, Intellectual disability, Mechanical
Organisation: The Singapore Association for the Deaf
Description:
Most of the Deaf are unaware of environmental background noises, for instance, a cyclist ringing a bell behind them, a kettle boiling, or a knock on their front door.
Expected Outcome:
Receive notifications of sound
Tags:
Software, Hearing impaired, Communication, Assisted Daily Living (ADL)
Organisation: Down Syndrome Association (Singapore)
Description:
Taking public transport is a daily task which we perform on a regular basis. However, learners in DSA(S) find this task daunting as the self-service machines require skills to complete the EZ Link card top-up. We would like to have a simulation of the EZ Link card top-up process for our learners.
Expected Outcome:
To acquire skills needed for to top-up of EZ link card
Tags:
Assisted Daily Living (ADL), Down syndrome, Electronics, Hardware, Intellectual disability
Organisation: Down Syndrome Association (Singapore)
Description:
Coins are widely used in daily transactions and it is an important functional skill for independent living. We would like to have a money counting device that can teach the learners in DSA(S) the values of coins and empower them to perform basic transactions, and also convey valuable mathematical concepts.
Expected Outcome:
Adults with Down syndrome become proficient in using coins for monetary transactions.
Tags:
Assisted Daily Living (ADL), Down syndrome, Electronics, Hardware, Intellectual disability
Organisation: SPD
Description:
Visit the sheltered workshop to identify possible hazards and productivity bottlenecks.
Expected Outcome:
Produce a set of solution(s) aimed at improving the safety and productivity of the workplace.
Tags:
Assisted Daily Living (ADL), Electronics, Hardware, Software, Navigation
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