Homs-Sana
The inventor, Intisar Ismail, from the cadres of the Directorate of Education in Homs, obtained a patent for her invention of a magnetic abacus to deliver mathematics to blind people and people with special needs such as autism, hypoxia, Down syndrome, and children with learning difficulties.
Ismail, who is the head of the Excellence Division in the Research Department of the Directorate of Education, stated in a statement to SANA reporter that the goal of her invention is to deliver mathematics, whether to blind children or their families, in addition to children with special needs, with ease and ease, as the new invention depends on taking mathematics that serves children from some stage. Before counting, the numbers for such a segment of children are unknown, and they can be trained from the age of 3 to 18 years, depending on the school curricula to enhance the children's perceptions in a manner appropriate to their health status.
She noted that she used the abacus with a blind university student since she was ten years old and did not study Braille, and the experiment was a great success, as she was able to teach her healthy sister in the sixth grade. Through the use of the magnetic abacus, which is a simple and easy-to-use device as described.
Ismail pointed out that the magnetic abacus is used for all types of arithmetic operations and was implemented on two models, the first is used for children from the age of four to 14 years old, while the second model is used from the age of 15 to 18 years and its importance lies as a means for the blind or people with special needs to be able to build mathematical thinking and implement Various simple and compound arithmetic operations.
Intisar Ismail had obtained the patent at the end of May this year after completing all the steps in the ministries and concerned authorities, noting that the patent is currently Syrian and aspires to be global.
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