Archive for November, 2007

An Army OT

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Cool! I didn’t know that there are Army OT in the US! The video is a life journey about an Army OT. From graduation to the army as an OT intern there to become an OTR (registered OT in the US). Amazing video! It’s really an inspiration to me, especially when pictures of his clients [...]

How to help Africa? Do business there

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

About this Talk
Negative images of Africa dominate the news: famine and disease, conflict and corruption. But Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Finance Minister of Nigeria, says there’s a less-told story unfolding in many African nations: one of reform, economic growth and business opportunity. Cracking down on corruption — and the perception of corruption — will be [...]

Upcoming International Convention

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

The 2nd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assitive Technology will be held on 13-15 May 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. On top of the papers, workshops and special sessions, there is a Student Design Challenge, which aims at meeting the following goals:

Provide an opportunity for students from a variety of design backgrounds (HCI, industrial design, [...]

Re-employment of older workers in Singapore

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

Recently, there has been many news about re-employing women and older workers. Hence, this is a good news for me as my group will be presenting a ‘proposal’ on re-hiring older workers as part of the assessment of one of the modules.
The following links are related to the online news with regards to the topic [...]

Technology Helps Autism Patients In Their Creativity

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Autism is a brain development disorder characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication, and restricted and repetitive behavior, all exhibited before a child is three years old. These characteristics distinguish autism from milder autism spectrum disorders (ASD).Heritability contributes a large fraction of the risk of a child’s developing the disorder, although the genetics of [...]