

Some will require adapted mice, trackballs, head pointing systems or mini or enlarged keyboards. Some will need some form of special access to allow them to use some computer software.

This can be a critical barrier to learning for many students with special educational needs. A student needs good hand control, vision, hand-eye co-ordination, hearing (some programs provide text-to-speech and other auditory feedback) as well as cognitive abilities in order to access most standard and even some special needs software. The majority of software has been traditionally designed for people who use a standard keyboard, mouse and screen display.

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