[Trainer-talk] IPad sets blind students back 10 years in comparison to their peers?

[FRED TCHANG]

sorry, just noticed this discussion, but I had a thought...

if people have never heard of the accessiblity features, then on the face
of it, a touch screen device would seem completely inaccessible to someone
who is blind.

Fred Tchang, ATP
RESNA Certified Assistive Technology Professional
Director, Assistive Technology Services

www.assistivetechnologycenter.org

Blog: www.assistivetechnj.blogspot.com

Advancing Opportunities
All Disabilities.  Many Services.  One Agency.



On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Dean Martineau
<dean at topdotenterprises.com>wrote:

> The notion that highly-accessible technology sets the student back ten
> years
> doesn't make a lot of sense.  That doesn't mean that everybody should get
> an
> iOS device, though I think the majority could do far worse.  I doubt these
> invisible experts.
>
> Dean
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Laine Amoureux
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 3:31 PM
> To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
> Subject: [Trainer-talk] IPad sets blind students back 10 years in
> comparison
> to their peers?
>
> sitting in on a meeting recently, a parent of a blind student told me
> that the assistive technology experts *(ATP's) they have spoken to
> recently indicate that giving blind children an IPad or other IOS
> device sets them back 10 years in comparison to their sighted peers.
> This parent was unable to support this statement, an unable to provide
> me with more information to support this statement, and was even more
> unwilling to provide me with the names of sed experts...
> I am wondering if anyone else has heard a similar sstatement, or could
> supply me with any supporting arguments?
> I am an IOS advocate, and while I recognise there are some
> limitations, and a lot of work that can be done to improve the Braille
> access (which isn't awful), I also see the enormace bennefits... and
> have my own reasons for recommending IPads, particularly, to college
> students... I'd be happy to share if anyone is interested... but I
> have a feeling I would be preaching to the choir... I am interested to
> learn about any evidence supporting this parent's claim though, just
> in case I am mistaken...
> Thank you,
> Laine amoureux
> Statewide Assistive Technologist
> Idaho Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
>
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