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Inclusion of Mobility‐Impaired Children in the One‐to‐One Computing Era: A Case Study

Andrea Mangiatordi

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University of Milano Bicocca

Andrea Mangiatordi, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo, 1‐20126, Milano, Italy; e‐mail:

andrea.mangiatordi@unimib.it

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First published: 09 February 2012
Cited by: 2

Abstract

In recent times many developing countries have adopted a one‐to‐one model for distributing computers in classrooms. Among the various effects that such an approach could imply, it surely increases the availability of computer‐related Assistive Technology at school and provides higher resources for empowering disabled children in their learning and communicating abilities. New environments are created in which technology is no more a specific solution, but a matter of fact. This article describes three case studies involving children from Uruguayan special schools undergoing integration projects in mainstream schools. The children could count on a computer technology which did not mark them as “those who need some different tools,” but as special users of the same tools as the rest of the students.

Number of times cited: 2

  • , Mind, Brain, and Education in the Digital Era, "Mind, Brain, and Education", 6, 1, (49-50), (2012).
  • , Literature Review on the effects of Assistive Technology for included students with disabilities, The Journal of Special Children Education, 14, 3, (25), (2012).