Technology and special education.

Today I was working with a couple of my students who have vision impairments and they were helping to teach me more about the technology that assists them each day at school. One uses ZOOM text which is a magnification program which enlarges the print.  She needs the letters to be about an inch to 1 1/2 inches in size in order to read the print.  The other student has no functional vision and he uses the JAWS program on the computer which reads everything on the screen.  They both also use BRAILLE Plus devices which are small handheld braille devices that have recording systems.  These devices can be downloaded to the computer to print out their assignments.  I am amazed everyday with the abilities of my students to overcome their disabilities and to handle all of the challenges they face with using these devices and just simply with daily living activities.