The Kurzweil Reading Machine gave people who were blind the opportunity to access text, but it was so costly that few could afford the technology at the time.
Led to the passage of the Architectural Barriers Act of 1986.
South Carolina passed the nation's first statewide architectural access code.
The 1960s saw legislation intended for students who were bilingual (the Bilingual Student Education Act of 1968) and who had learning disabilities (the Specific Learning Disabilities Act of 1969).
American Printing House for the Blind makes materials available for day school students.
Lowenfield begins his six-year exploration of the educational role of talking books, which resulted in the demonstrated value of these tools in the teaching-learning process.
Invented by Herbert A. Everest and Harry C. Jennings.
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