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Digital revolution changing lives of students with disabilities
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Kyle Beasley is a smart second-grader with an infectious grin.
He’s also functionally blind.
Until last fall, the 7-year-old used 8-by-11-inch Braille texts that teachers printed for him on a special machine.
Each page cost about $1. He once had four lockers just to store his textbooks.
Today, the student at Roosevelt Elementary School in Janesville, Wis., easily carries his own iPad and a special Braille translator that allow him to read all his textbooks, send eMails, access the internet, check the weather, and do just about anything anyone else can do with a computer.
Full Story: http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/02/27/digital-revolution-changing-lives-of-students-with-disabilities/
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