TY  - CHAP
AB  - Technology, particularly for students with disabilities, is often viewed as “the great equalizer” (Wyer, 2001, p. 1). It is perceived as a means of providing access and opportunity, promoting independence, and encouraging empowerment (Edyburn, Higgins, & Boone, 2005b). Technology can greatly benefit students with disabilities and solve many of the challenges these students face. Perhaps, this was put most profusely by former Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs Judy Heumann, “For most of us, technology makes things easier. For a person with a disability, it makes things possible” (Edyburn et al., 2005b, p. xiii). The potential of technology is enormous for students with disabilities. For example, technology can provide a voice to those students who may not otherwise have one per their disability (i.e., AAC devices), read a text to a student who struggles with reading as a result of his/her disability (i.e., text-to-speech devices, screen readers, and Reading Pens), grant access to a computer and other electronic tools (i.e., switches and speech recognition), and offer low-tech devices such as pencil grips or lined paper to aid students in writing.
VL  - 20
SN  - 978-1-84950-955-8, 978-1-84950-954-1/0270-4013
DO  - 10.1108/S0270-4013(2010)0000020009
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0270-4013(2010)0000020009
AU  - Bouck Emily C.
ED  - Festus E. Obiakor
ED  - Jeffrey P. Bakken
ED  - nthony F. Rotatori
PY  - 2010
Y1  - 2010/01/01
TI  - Chapter 6 Technology and students with disabilities: Does it solve all the problems
T2  - Current Issues and Trends in Special Education: Research, Technology, and Teacher Preparation
T3  - Advances in Special Education
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 91
EP  - 104
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -