Students with Autism Shine with Google Sketch-Up

by Clay Burell · 2009-05-04 17:04:00 UTC
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I worked my way through college as a social worker in a group home of adults with developmental disabilities. One of them was a man with autism. Only now am I beginning to understand how much I didn't understand about his world.

I've never had any students on the autism spectrum in my classrooms (that I've known about, anyway). But if I ever do, this video points towards some ways that technology might enable me to improve their ability to communicate. It's pretty amazing.
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