Assistive Technology for the Blind In 1956, Patricia Weaver was born three months prematurely. She survived, blinded for life. She went to a special education elementary school where she was taught to read and write Braille. Later she was mainstreamed into public high school and eventually g...

Have you ever wondered why those pesky words pop up on your television screen sometimes? These words are the product of countless attempts of equaling the playing field of our society. The words you see are called, "Closed Captioning". These words allow the hearing impaired to watch tel...

Technology has become a very important part of the learning process for the special needs learner. It has been found that technology helps put the learning process for these special needs learners on the same level as it is for those learners who do not have a special need. Technology can be defined...