Giving the Blind access to online education
Filed in archive Articles of note... by mstandaert on May 28, 2004
A story at E-School News ...
For hundreds of thousands of students across the United States, virtual schooling--instruction that takes place entirely online--has opened educational doors previously inaccessible. But for students who are blind
, visually impaired, or who have certain other disabilities, cyber-education programs might actually create more barriers than they remove.
Bringing down those barriers was the objective addressed by a select group of special-education experts and industry executives who convened earlier this month at the National Summit on Disability and Distance Education in Washington, D.C. Their goal was to form an agenda that would help make the promise of virtual instruction a reality for the nation's special-needs learners.
For hundreds of thousands of students across the United States, virtual schooling--instruction that takes place entirely online--has opened educational doors previously inaccessible. But for students who are blind
, visually impaired, or who have certain other disabilities, cyber-education programs might actually create more barriers than they remove. Bringing down those barriers was the objective addressed by a select group of special-education experts and industry executives who convened earlier this month at the National Summit on Disability and Distance Education in Washington, D.C. Their goal was to form an agenda that would help make the promise of virtual instruction a reality for the nation's special-needs learners.
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