Exploring Predictors of Bullying and Victimization of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Findings from NLTS 2012

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Research suggests that bullying victimization occurs at higher rates among students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) than among their...     

Latex allergies: what is your responsibility as a manager?

Natural Rubber Latex (NRL) is found in over 40,000 products and presents many challenges for the home care manager who is faced with the task of providing "reasonable accommodations" to keep the employee safe in the work environment. In addition, patient care must also be modified in order to keep latex sensitive patients safe. This article presents the background of latex allergies and describes how to better manage both the employee and the patient with this allergy based on the most current information.     

Studies on hand-held visual communication device for the deaf and speech-impaired 2. Keyboard design

Experiments with keyboard arrangements of letters show that simple alphabetic letter-key sequences with 4 to 5 letters in a row lead to most rapid visual search performance. Such arrangements can be used on keyboards operated by the index finger of one hand. Arrangement of letters in words offers a promising alternative because these arrangements can be readily memorized and can result in small interletter distances on the keyboard for frequently occurring letter sequences. Experiments on operation of keyboards show that a space or shift key operated by the left hand (which also holds the communication device) results in faster keyboard operation than when space or shift keys on the front of the keyboard (operated by right hand) are used. Special problems of the deaf-blind are discussed. Keyboard arrangements are investigated, and matching tactual codes are suggested.