I have some pretty out-there ideas around assistive technology and learning disabilities.

For example, I believe all children should be taught phonics. This is the standard in most countries, but not in the US.

I believe that for children who have fine motor skill deficit, keyboards are great, but so are gliding pens, such as gel, or fountain pens.

I believe that for learning language, Esperanto can be an assistive technology, both for a foreign language, and even for someone who is struggling with English.

I think slide rules should make a return, and would ideally have a larger role than graphing calculators (are these still around?)

I think that privacy-respecting, FLOSS, and locally hosted AI can play a huge role in education, providing a host of services from explanations, to quizzing, to helping provide outlines and examples.

HILDA WEYL SOKOL, 1928-2022

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/vnews/name/hilda-sokol-obituary?id=38426284

A 1981 symposium co-sponsored by Hilda Sokol of Dartmouth Medical School called to our attention, hereabouts, a sometimes neglected local hero, the Brattleboro Rat. The Rat has been a very useful creature in various medical research fields, ranging from diabetes to learning differences to depression. When I bring up this topic, people typically think I am joking; but actually it is very serious. We should raise a giant Brattleboro Rat statue in Pliny Park.

Brattleboro Rat Wikipedia short article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brattleboro_rat

Many prestigious institutions and publications have posted learned articles about the Brattleboro Rat.

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#brattleboro #brattleborohistory #brattlebororat #clinicaldepression #dartmouthmedicalschool #diabetes #hildasokol #learningdifferences #learningdisabilities #learningdisability #medicalresearch #medicalscience #plinyparkbrattleboro #westbrattleboro

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#introduction #intro
Hello!
We are CMIC
Setting up a training brewery for people with learning disabilities and/or autism in Reading, UK, at The Castle Tap
We're going to crowdfund to set up our own space at the Castle Tap.
In the meantime we're brewing with our trainees on other exceptional breweries kit.
So far we've brewed with the awesome Elusive Brewing. The beer we made (called Count Me In) featured at the Great British Beer Festival.
#LearningDisabilities #gbbf #beer #brewery #autism

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=uM3crih7Ltg

Meeting the changing needs of people with #learningdisabilities

‘A Fundamental Lack of Awareness that these People are Actually Human’: How the #Tory Government is Failing #OlderPeople with #LearningDisabilities https://bylinetimes.com/2023/05/03/a-fundamental-lack-of-awareness-that-these-people-are-actually-human-how-the-government-is-failing-older-people-with-learning-disabilities/