City schools get grant for iPads in Autism Classrooms (And Have Plans for Proper Teache... - 4 views
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Katherine Tarulli on 03 Dec 11The public school district in St. Louis, Missouri was awarded an Innovative Technology Education Fund grant to buy iPads for all students with autism in six autism-specific classrooms. This seems to be an example of utilizing an emerging technology in an excellent way with proper teacher training, rather than using technology for technology's sake. The schools will be advised on how to implement the iPads by an autism science and advocacy organization and have two full days of professional development planned.
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Billie Fitzpatrick on 04 Dec 11This is great news on the autism-rights front! I know a severely autistic 21-year-old who is highly communicative because of the technology he has used since he was young.