Design and evaluation of Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities(CHILD) asperceived by children with severe developmental disabilities

Cerebral Palsy(CP) is a brain developmental disorder and a major cause of chronic childhood

disability. It affects about 2 to 2.5 children per 1000 live births. Children with CP have varying

symptoms affecting communication, health and specially mobility depending on the severity

of the disorder. Children with severe CP usually have very limited mobility and are non-verbal

but have normal or above average levels of intelligence though mental retardation is

sometimes associated with them. To improve their quality of life often health

interventions(corrective measures) in terms of surgery or assistive devices are administered

to them which may be useful from the surgeon’s perspective. There is no evidence whether it

actually is useful for the child. At present there is a questionnaire which evaluates the

effectiveness of the intervention from the caregiver’s perspective as majority of children with

severe CP are unable to communicate. The proposed project aims at developing an

interactive audiovisual interface which enables the child to answer the questionnaire…….

Faculty Supervisor:

Tom Chau

Student:

Partner:

Hospital for Sick Children

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

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