FOCUS on it: Device to improve Cognitive Skills of Intellectually Disabled Children

Abstract

Disability is the term that is used to explain any condition in which a human body can't properly work or find hindrance due to any fault in their physical or mental part. Intellectual disability, once called as" Mental Retardation" are the problems related to mental abilities and working. The disability level goes from mild to severe as the IQ level goes from high to low. In a developing country like Pakistan, the work done for the development and learning of these children are not up to mark. There are variety of difficulties, they face during their lifetime. The problematic areas can be memory skills, recalling things, retaining attention, rapid response, problem solving and comprehending complex ideas. The children with mild and moderate level of disability can work up on these things with constant practice. These areas require the work from the early stage of education during their developing ages. Design to improve the quality of learning of intellectually disabled children. FOCUS on it is a series of memory based electronic games that is consists of three level that targets on a child's cognitive skills mainly do work on memory, reasoning, slow processing and problem solving. An interactive design that engages the user by giving positive and negative feedbacks in form of light in different colors. The outcomes of the games will show up with the help of longterm use of this product as a more confident and sharper child.