Friday, December 26, 2014

How Colleges Can Better Serve Students with Learning Disabilities - By Dennis Pierce, Campus Technology

Although assistive technologies and other supports can help, too few students who need them take advantage. The transitioning of students with learning disabilities from high school to college "is a very important issue, and it often gets overlooked," said Tracy Gray, managing researcher for education at the American Institutes for Research. A nationally known expert in improving opportunities for students with disabilities, Gray used to head the now-defunct National Center for Technology Innovation, which supported researchers and entrepreneurs in creating new assistive technologies to help all students learn. http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/12/18/how-colleges-can-better-serve-students-with-learning-disabilities.aspx