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strength of technology (history (in the 1800s people with disabilities…
strength of technology
history
in the 1800s people with disabilities were often forced to enter institutions and asylums or were used as entertainment in traveling circuses
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some people with disabilities were sterilized to make sure they could not produce more babies with disabilities called "eugenics"
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public schools funded by taxpayers proliferated in the 1940s and 1950s and students that did not fit the general population were put in "special classes" within the school
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wake up devices
using a lamp by your bedside or a vibrating box beneath your mattress and plugging them into a clock
there are alsominiature traveling alarm clocks, vibrating watches, and vibrating timers
another example are smartphones and smartwatches already including vibrating alarms and alerts, theyre useful for Deaf and DeafBlind people as well as for hearing people preferring the tactile avenue over the auditory nerve
baby alerting devices
hearing caregivers could purhcase a baby monitor as early as 1937- the baby monitor was a radio unit where the transmitter unit was placed near the child and the sounds in the area would be transmitted by radio waves to a receiver unit
deaf caregivers would sleep with their babies, often resting their hands on their babies chest to make sure they were breathing. bring their babies everywhere with them using a carrier or playpen and use creative ways to make them comfortable and secure with the caregivers did errands
in 1990 there were new baby monitors on the market that included video called baby cams. This product was a blessing for the Deaf community. For Deafblind people there are baby monitors with a vibrating pagers that can attach to your pants although this option is not as widespread or available as the video based baby monitor
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