At 16:53 14/10/97 +0000, you wrote:
>>
>> One or two students with Dyslexia have asked me about including
>> a modem and link up to the internet in their DSA claim. Can anyone
>> advise on LEA attutudes to this.
>
>I would not recommend Internet access for a dyslexic student.
>I dunno whether I'd recommend Internet access for someone
>with any disability, come to think of it! Prepared to be enlightened
>tho'...
>
The WAACIS project
http://www.tcns.co.uk/WAACIS
Has run very successfully with a group of adults in London. There is a way
in which the Internet make it possible for them to gain information and news
of the world with an independence otherwise difficult to achieve.
David Colven
The ACE Centre Advisory Trust
Waynflete Rd.
Headington
Oxford OX3 8DD
see us on http://www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/acecent/ or
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~ace-cent/
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Tel +44 (0)1865 763508 Fax +44 (0)1865 750188
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