By Rob Rogers, Marin Independent Journal
Using augmentative and alternative communication tools to help children with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy — or a host of other conditions that affect speech — interact with the world is nothing new. Since 2001, Dedication to Special Education, a fundraising foundation that provides resources to Marin County children with special needs, has purchased and maintained devices such as the DynaVox communication system for the Technology Resource Center of Marin, which supplies communication tools to students at all 19 Marin school districts. Yet foundation members see the evolution of tablet computers as nothing short of a revolution. Because they’re relatively cheap compared with earlier devices, easy for children to use and pervasive — many Marin parents already have them — tablets like the iPad are becoming an essential part of the special education classroom.
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19250545
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