DE helps students needing accessibility?

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From: P.A. Gantt
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 00:00

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Forwarded with Rory's permission and attribution intact.
Please excuse the cross postings in advanced.

I think Rory makes a point and give us food for thought.

Distance education may be a good choice to help with our more
challenged students???

How do you provide access for students needing special
hardware and software enabling techniques/ utilities?

Anyone have anything on this?

TIA

P.A.

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Rory McGreal wrote:

> Do you know of any research that shows this[?] [DE being
socally/academically detrimental]

> I understood that many
> disabled people are participating online in all kinds of different
> interest and social communities.  They could never do this before.

> Now they can mix in the wider community.  Many disabled are taking online
> courses and no one knows they are disabled.  This is an advantage.  I
> think with young children, personal physical closeness is more
> important, but it does not mean that this new trend has to detract from
> that.  It can enhance it.

> Rory

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