Virtual Reality For People With Disabilities
In the last couple of years, I have been playing around with virtual reality headsets and at first I was a little weary about them. However, after a few months of playing with them, I realized that they could actually help people with disabilities. For instance, take somebody who is dyslexic or even has a physical disability but is about to take a driver's test, but they are nervous even though they have studied it. In reality, they could put on a VR headset and take a practice driver's test, or if there was a driver's simulation on VR that taught you how to drive and the rules of driving, they could prepare for the actual driver's test, and then they would be much more prepared. They have VR for doctors to practice surgery before they actually perform the operation, so why not create simulations to help people with disabilities?
In VR the creators could create simulations of real-life experiences, like driving or even teaching somebody how to do a certain type of job of any kind. For instance, there is a power wash and lawn mowing simulator, and it might make you chuckle a little bit, but it could teach young adults, especially people with disabilities, how to do those things. Instead of having somebody teach them, which they will still probably have or if learning from an actual person is too confusing for them, then they could learn through VR. However, they may have to have explicit instructions because sometimes the games might be a bit confusing. There are a whole lot of possibilities out there with VR for people with disabilities.