International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Special issue on virtual reality technologies for disability and rehabilitation

Edited by Sue Cobb, Tony Brooks, Paul M Sharkey and Joav Merrick

Volume 5(2), April - June 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Virtual reality and disabilty

Sue Cobb, Tony Brooks, Paul M Sharkey and Joav Merrick .................... 95-96

REVIEW ARTICLES

Developing an ENABLED adaptive architecture to enhance Internet accessibility for visually impaired people

Chui Chui Tan, Wai Yuand Graham McAllister .................. 97-104

Challenges in designing virtual environments training social skills for children with autism

Ulf Andersson, Pernilla Josefsson and Lena Pareto .................... 105-111

Constructing a new coordinate system suitable for sign animation

Tomohiro Kuroda, Kazuya Okamoto, Tadamasa Takemura, Keisuke Nagase and Hiroyuki Yoshihara ......113-118

Brain-computer music interface for composition and performance

Eduardo Reck Miranda ................ 119-125

Evaluation of a computer aided 3D lip sync instructional model using VR objects

Arumugam Rathinaveluand Hemalatha Thiagarajan ............. 127-132

Exploring interpersonal dynamics between adults and motor disabled children within aesthetic resonant environments

Pedro Lopes-dos-Santos, Luís Miguel Teixeira, Susana Silva, Maria Azeredo and Mafalda Barbosa ..... 133-139

Exploration of social rule violation in patients with focal prefrontal neurosurgical lesions using a virtual reality simulation

Emily Pullen, Robin G Morris, Steven Kerr, Peter R Bullock and Richard P Selway .............. 141-146

Understanding users with reading disabilities or reduced vision: Toward a universal design of an auditory, location-aware museum guide

Lena Pareto and Ulrika Lundh Snis .............. 147-154

Virtual reality for interactive binocular treatment of amblyopia

Paula E Waddingham, Sue V Cobb, Richard M Eastgate and Richard M Gregson ............... 155-161

Impact of method of immersion on the naturalness and impression of balance and reach activities

Irina Sander, David Roberts, Christine Smith, Oliver Otto and Robin Wolff .............. 163-172

Development of vision based meeing support system for hearing impaired

Ryo Shikata, Tomohiro Kuroda, Yoshito Tabata, Yoshitsugu Manabe and Kunihiro Chihara ........ 173-178

Non-visual feedback for pen-based interaction with digital graphs

Steven A Wall and Stephen A Brewster ............. 179-185

Using virtual reality for medical diagnosis, training and education

Ali Al-Khalifah, Rachel McCrindle, Paul Sharkey and Vassil Alexandrov ............... 187-193

CASE REPORTS

Preliminary work for vocal and haptic navigation software for blind sailors

Mathieu Simonnet, Jean-Yves Guinard and Jacques Tisseau ............... 195-201