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Panel: How to improve special ed
As the push for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) increases, leaders in the field of special education recently debated whether the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act…
Conference: Technology is helping to ‘redefine … disability’
Assistive technology devices enable students with disabilities to express what they know, and rapid advancements in technology are helping to “redefine ability and disability,” says Milton Chen, senior fellow and…
Technology access law helps those with special education needs
Americans with disabilities and those with related special education needs will be able to use smart phones, the internet, and other technologies that are staples of life and work more…
U.S. looks to improve disabled access to internet
The Obama administration on July 23 offered a series of proposals aimed at enhancing access to web sites for people with disabilities, Reuters reports. …
Computers make strides in recognizing speech
For decades, computer scientists have been pursuing artificial intelligence (AI)—but in recent years, rapid progress has been made in machines that can listen, speak, see, reason, and learn, reports the…
On web video, captions are coming…slowly
For the deaf and hearing impaired, more captions are coming to the web versions of shows on television, where captions are mandated, reports the New York Times—and yet there is…
New assistive technology research focuses on iPad, communication skills
In what might result in great new strides for assistive technology, the National Center for Technology Innovation has announced the winners of its “Tech in the Works 2010” competition, which…
National Education Technology Plan in line for an update
The Education Department is being urged to revise its draft version of the National Education Technology Plan to include measures on adult education and on accessibility for people with learning…
Project puts 1 million books online for blind, dyslexic users
Even as audio versions of best-sellers fill store shelves and new technology fuels the popularity of digitized books, the number of titles accessible to people who are blind or dyslexic…
Scientists look to help children with autism find a voice
CNN reports that when Ryan Wallace got a diagnosis of autism at age 2, his parents never thought they'd hear him speak. "He used to make noises. …