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Special Education and Techonology
- 1/27/2004 2:52:00 PM (Monica
Barkley)
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Special Education and
Techonology
Sometimes, students with
disabilities are actually at an advantage over
students without a disability. I say that because
they have IEP''''s that specify their needs.
Because IEP''''s are legal contracts, the schools
have to supply the students with the necessary
tools. Students without IEP''''s, those not in
special education, are at a disadvantage because
there is no legal contract stating that they must
be provided with anything, other than a textbook.
I do think schools could make it easier for
students who are supplied with technology because
of their IEP. I have a student who has a word
processor provided to him, but the printer in the
library (on the second floor, and this student is
in a wheel chair) is always broken. His system
runs on batteries, but they do not provide him
with batteries. His family does not have a lot of
money, so batteries can cut into their food
budget. Point being, we need to look at the
student, not at the bottom
line.
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