The Hechinger Report
MAY 16, 2017
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). His laboratory is developing software to animate ASL avatars. Photo: John Myer.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
As part of his special education accommodations, he was allowed to use a teacher-created study guide while taking tests. He rarely studied but still got As. Only a third of students with disabilities who enroll in four-year colleges graduate within eight years, according to a 2011 federal study. Sign up for our newsletter.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 21, 2017
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. 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.
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