Connecting to Learn: Educational and Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
I	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	The Fundamental Sense of Connectedness	3
II	Learner Characteristics and Preferences	21
Ch. 2	The Effects of Loss of Hearing or Vision on the Learner and Learning	23
Ch. 3	The Personal Meaning of Hearing or Vision Loss	41
III	Environments for Learning	57
Ch. 4	The Move From Separate to Inclusive Education	59
Ch. 5	Contrasting Inclusive With Exclusive Education	73
Ch. 6	Technology Made Inclusive Education Possible	91
IV	Technologies for Access to Information and for Instructional Delivery	107
Ch. 7	Computers: Mixing Assistive, Information, and Access Technologies	109
Ch. 8	Desirable and Less Desirable Effects of Educational Technologies	125
Ch. 9	Getting Going on Learning	147
V	Matching Learners With the Most Appropriate Technologies and Strategies for Their Use	159
Ch. 10	Individual Learner Preferences and Needs	161
Ch. 11	The Matching Person and Technology Model	183
VI	Connecting to Learn	203
Ch. 12	Bringing It All Together for the Individual User	205
App. A	Matching Person and Technology Process and Samples of the Assessment Forms	225
	App. B: Copy of Statement of Need Form	233
App. C	Checklists for Educational Technology Evaluation and Selection	243
App. D	Finding and Funding Assistive Technologies	251
	App. E: Resources	253
	Glossary	261
	References	265
	Author Index	281
	Subject Index	285
	About the Author	299