Using Assistive Technology In Teaching Children With Learning Disabilities

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Over the years I would see kids using weird computers and unique keyboards and wonder what are they doing and why are they using it in the first place. That has all chance since having learn about assistive technology from the articles and websites I have looked at. I see it in a different light then I used too. The article I have chosen to write about is called Using Assistive Technology in Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities in the 21st Century. My reason for choosing this article was due to that things over the years have changed in both technology and in education. Nothing says the same forever and things keep growing. Assistive technology is the proof of that because if you looked at history people with disabilities did not

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