Essay Outline
Title: How Robots Could Help People with Disabilities Live Quality Lives (1602 words)
Rationale: In this essay, I will analyze the different functions conducted by robots to assist people living with all forms of disability. My main focus shall be the benefits that people living with disabilities reap from robots.
Introduction (173 words):
- An analysis of disabilities and the problems that people living with disabilities have to endure.
- Thesis statement: In essence, robots could prove incredibly beneficial in improving the quality of life for people with disabilities.
Main body (4 paragraphs)
Body 1
- Definition of disability. Source- Carnevale (2015)
- Benefits of companion robots. Source- O’Hara (2019)
- The connection between companion robots and people with autism. Sources: Rajendran (2017), Cresswell, Cunningham- Burley & Sheikh (2018), and O’Hara (2019).
Body 2
- Infusion of robots into learning for individuals with disabilities. Source- Conti, Nuovo, and Nuovo (2017)
- The role of Socially Assistive Robotics (SARs) in better educational outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Sources- Karmel and Nguyen (2018), McKinley and Cantrell (2019), and Conti, Nuovo, and Nuovo (2017).
- Robots as tutoring assistants. Source- Feil-Seifer and Mataric’ (2015)
Body 3
- The role of robots in enhancing motor functions of individuals living with disabilities.
- Robots improve mobility and independence.
- Sources- Mraz (2019), Gorvin and Brown (2012), and Windrich, Grimmer, Christ, Rinderknecht, & Beckerle (2016).
Body 4
- Robots contribution in monitoring and reporting patients’ vitals and progress.
- They can go as far as contacting the emergency services in case a patient’s health is deteriorating.
- Robots are used in active prosthesis because humans cannot attain their level of precision.
- Source- Park (2019).
Conclusion
Robots are essential in the day to day human activities in homes, offices, and hospitals. They also improve the quality of lives of people living with disabilities, in terms of their social interaction skills, mobility, education, and independence.