Towards on E-Multiple Handicapped Information System (EMHAS) Modelling

Abstract

The development of electronic media in the world, such as e-learning, communication through the internet, and information system automation, is growing very fast. While the media is mostly developed for people without disability, a question about how this electronic media being used and utilized by people with disability still remains. People with disability, either mentally or physically, with either single (deaf, blind) or multiple handicapped (mentally deaf, mentally blind) have special needs in order to let them work/utilize this electronic media. A proposed model of integrating a multiple-handicapped person information management system has been developed (1). The former focuses on managing all management aspects of rehabilitation, dormitory, school and workshop such that the activity and the improvement of multiple handicapped individual record can be monitored easily. It emerges some interested point about how this EMHaS Information System being prepare to implement. While these disabled person who have specific characteristics and behaviors became part of the user and they have some difficulties to use the normal electronic devices some preparation activities have taken place. In this paper we discuss on how Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) methodology can support the Multiple Handicapped Education Information System development has taken place. Furthermore another study on how Individual Education Program (IEP) in Multiple Handicapped Education Information System can be applied is also explored. The paper also describe a particular design of man-computer interface for improving disabled persons mental and physical ability. A prototype of handicapped interface device has been designed and implemented in rehabilitation institute Bale Endah, Jawa Barat. As a case study the education EMHaS model has been developed based on the Indonesia Multiple Handicapped environment which is run by Bhakti Mitra Utama Foundation (BMUF). It is expected that this integrated information system could helps caregivers and managers to manage and monitor disabled persons daily activity in the school and dormitory area more easily and more comprehensively. Another expectation that this result could be count as one system that is really suitable to implement not only in this multiple handicapped foundation (BMUF) but also in all such multipled handicapped foundation or institutes in Indonesia.