U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is urged to consult stakeholders and write new regulations for the education plans of students who are blind or visually impaired and give guidance to school districts on teaching Braille reading and writing. Read Full Post >
An advocacy group says that as a result, the 5-year-old girl's overall mobility improvement has been stunted. Read Full Post >
In a recent article in CIO (Chief Information Officers) magazine some members of the autism advocacy community are questioning the therapeutic value of iPads. Read Full Post >
The state is putting off a change to its state testing program that would have cut back on the use of readers on reading tests for some students with disabilities. Read Full Post >
The state board of education banned the use of readers on some state tests, whether that means people or computer software that read text aloud, an accommodation used by some students with disabilities, who also use this kind of help in class every day. Read Full Post >
A computer mouse for the foot? A system that keeps a wheelchair user from getting into an accident? A mobile signing math dictionaries with mouth morphemes? These futuristic-sounding creations are now closer to reality. Read Full Post >
All schools must ensure that any technological device they use is accessible to students with disabilities. Read Full Post >
Oh! The places books can take you, no matter how you read them. Read Full Post >
Schools are starting to experiment with ways to introduce the latest crop of e-readers into their classrooms. Read Full Post >
All of the state's 300+ districts have signed up with a federally funded program that provides digital texts to qualified students. Read Full Post >
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