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Mobility is defined as the ability to move freely and easily. The ability to move independently is vital for all life functions and plays a major role in maintaining mental health. Paralysis is a loss of muscle function in a part or full body of the patient. In every patient suffering from immobility, eye is commonly found to be the only organ in working condition. Hence, the proposed paper presents an automation system to detect and count the number of blinks of the patient using image processing to detect blinks to trigger different appliances of the house that alerts the caretaker or neighbors in times of emergencies. Blink detection is a concept that has undergone multiple algorithms and approaches, the previous ones made use of artificial neural network (template matching) which involved subjective training of every patient�s eyes. Image processing approach sets the proposed paper apart from the rest. Although this paper aimed at developing an automation system for the aid of paralysis patients, practically it can be used for the aid of any patient suffering from movement disability.