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A Parent’s Guide to Support Technologies for Preschool Students with Disabilities

A Parent’s Guide to Support Technologies for Preschool Students with Disabilities
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Author(s): Laura Baylot Casey (The University of Memphis, USA)and Robert L. Williamson (Bowling Green State University, USA & The University of Memphis, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 17
Source title: Assistive Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4422-9.ch071

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Abstract

Parents encounter many challenges when facing the need to raise and support a child with a disability. Many find technology to be of assistance, first turning to the Internet as a source of information and later turning to assistive technologies to directly support the needs of their child. This chapter outlines the multiple uses of technology related to the raising and support of young children with disabilities. The information provided serves to give an overview perspective while simultaneously providing actual specifics related to technology that can be useful to parents throughout the journey of raising a child with special needs.

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