There was a 4th grader named Eli who could not match the sounds of letters with the way he saw the letters. Because of this, his school found a program that showed the letter on the screen as the program said it, and once it went through all the letters, it would start over and this time it would say the letter, show it on the screen and then it would show a picture of something who's first letter matched the letter that appeared on the screen. After using this program for a year, Eli has improved a lot of his reading skills and is catching up with the other kids in his grade.
Taba is a 9 year old third grader. He has a disability where he cannot translate his thoughts into writing. He is actually very intelligent compared to his fellow classmates, but since he cannot translate thoughts to writing, he gets very upset and as a result he misses a lot of school and comes to school late. His school gets him a program that when synchronized with a special microphone, he just has to talk and his words appear on the screen. After he is done talking he just edits his text, saves it, and moves onto his next assignment. This program has helped Taba quite a bit.
Camille is an eight year old second grader and she suffers from down syndrome. She is eager to learn, but her disability disables her from being able to type information into a computer. Her school combined several assistive technologies together to create a keyboard that could be programmed to have custom keys with different colors, pictures, shapes and sizes. These keys can be programmed to mean a letter, number, word, or even whole phrase. Thanks to this technology, Camille has improved greatly with her self-esteem and education.
http://www.edutopia.org/assistive-technology-success-stories
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