Making an Exceptional Difference: Enhancing the Impact of Microcomputer Technology on Children with Disabilities - An Exceptional Parent Reader.Making an Exceptional Difference: Enhancing the Impact of Microcomputer microcomputer Small digital computers whose CPU is contained on a single integrated semiconductor chip. As large-scale and then very large-scale integration (VLSI) have progressively increased the number of transistors that can be placed on one chip, the processing capacity Technology on Children with Disabilities--An Exceptional Parent Reader Edited by Pressman H. Boston Boston, town, England Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. , MA 02215, Exceptional Parent Press, 1987 This book, a collection of articles related by their focus on the use of microcomputer technology for children who have disabilities, was edited by the president of a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. agency that promotes new educational and employment opportunities for disabled and disadvantaged This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. populations. The editor's goals are to present new possibilities created by microcomputer technology for people who have disabilities, and to present this information in a way that makes it useful both for those who are not computer knowledgeable and for those who work in the field of computer technology. The book is organized in 10 chapters, each containing between three and eight articles, with a resources section at the end of the book. The chapter headings indicate that relevant components are in place, but specific interest elements are difficult to access because of the randomized ran·dom·ize tr.v. ran·dom·ized, ran·dom·iz·ing, ran·dom·iz·es To make random in arrangement, especially in order to control the variables in an experiment. , highly overlapping placement of articles within chapters. For example, there is a chapter entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: , "Using the Computer for Language Acquisition and Communication," but articles dealing with this topic are found in most of the other chapters. This also is true for "Resources," which comprise the final section and also are found in numerous articles. This book is not one that I would suggest for physical therapists' bookshelves, but it does make an important point. There is a need for connections among those who need technological solutions, those who are aware of and knowledgeable about computer technology possibilities, and professionals who are knowledgeable about which solutions would be most beneficial for the individual. |
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