"MICRO-ED" an educational support system for the disabled child

Abstract

A major characteristic of any support equipment for the young developing child should be flexibility, particularly in the educational sphere where the needs of a given child are constantly changing as his intellect develops. The MicroEd system described creates such flexibility by exploiting the microprocessor as a control unit. An infinitely expandable library of user programmes is made accessible, via a common transmission line, to a variety of displays and switch inputs situated around the school. A phototype display unit consisting of a matrix of lamps so controlled has just begun clinical use and applications to the areas of communication, assessment, education and recreation are immediately apparent.