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Many disabled people need help to ovVercome px RC that |
face in everyday Iife. One of uthese iS difficulty with reaching up high.
Some manage with jittle problem.【 1 ) need help. SS many
mechanical and clectronic aids are being used to help disabled people
s overcome their handicaps. Very small computers called microcomputers
have been used for many years to control machinery in factories
Machines using this technology are now being made to help disabled
people lead more normal lives.
Handicapped people often have trouble ( 2 ) about, both inside
10 and outside their homes. While most cars can be adapted for use by
pariialjy-disabled drivers, automatic transmissions are easier for them
to drive. Wheelchairs have made it relatively easy for many disabled
people fo rravel short distances, but the more severely handicapped may
need a special wheelchair that is power assisted. (mLacking the strength
5 to operafe a normal wheelchair they use special ones that can be operated
py a single lever controlled by a finger the movement of atoe, or even by
preafh. Powered wheelchairs can sometimes be folded up and carried im
Yehicles, but they are larger than hand-operated (Ones. So, some vehicles
have been especially fied with lifs that ( 3 ) roll directly inside while
st in (heir wheelchairs.
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