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15 Assistive Technology Tools & Resources For Students With Disabilities

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15 Assistive Technology Tools & Resources For Students With Disabilities. Based on the Department of Education’s Teacher Shortage Area Nationwide Listing , 47 states in the 2014-15 school year were in need of special education instructors. Text-To-Speech Assistive Tools. Assistive Listening Systems.

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ASHA 2013 Update- from a Techie Point of View!

SpeechTechie

A few techie points: It was terrific hanging out with many of the folks I have corresponded with on Twitter through the #slpeeps community, and meeting some I had never met IRL (in real life). Until 2014 in Orlando, that''s a wrap! Or maybe I am just older and it is harder for me to get around! At heart, I''m a context guy.

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Low academic expectations and poor support for special education students is ‘hurting their future’

The Hechinger Report

During his sophomore year, Nelson and his parents hired an advocate who began attending meetings with them. Thorossian said she was disappointed to learn that Nelson and his parents had been unable to work out their issues with the school system during yearly meetings to finalize his Individualized Education Program, or IEP.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

The Hechinger Report

ATLANTA — Brent Agnew remembers feeling a sense of relief when he left the meeting called to discuss his 6-year-old son Caleb’s anxiety attacks. Ironically, many families also said that the very technologies designed to help students with disabilities — known as assistive technology — are seldom part of a GNETS education.