And Access For All A slight revision to existing legislation has
expanded the base of students eligible to receive assistive
technologies, creating major changes in their implementation.
NEW AND IMPROVED interactive learning station is an upgrade of
the company's Merlit board. The touch screen can be lowered to
just above the floor so it can be even by pre-schoolers. ON THE
SURFACE the change seems minor, almost imperceptible: What once
read "requires" now reads "needs." But the amending of that
single word in the 2004 update of the Individuals With
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) automatically triggered a
surge in the number of students eligible for assistive
technology in K-12 schools. No longer are assistive technologies
only made available to students whose "survival or success"-- as
Webster's defines require-- depends on their use. If, after
consideration, the student shows merely a need-- something
"essential or very important," to call on Webster's again-- then
the technology must be provided. The ch