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Movie magic could be used to translate for the deaf

The Hechinger Report

Matt Huenerfauth (right), director of the Linguistic and Assistive Technologies Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology, records video and motion-capture data from someone performing American Sign Language (ASL). It also limits the usefulness of closed captioning for multimedia course material.

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

The Hechinger Report

The goal of the class is to introduce students to technology. After getting several Ds in the first few semesters, Brad failed two courses during his second semester of sophomore year of high school. Related: Unmet Needs: Children with disabilities caught in the voucher crossfire.

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

The Hechinger Report

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. They are often placed in separate classrooms within public schools and spend large numbers of hours on computers using technology that is not aligned with their specific needs.