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Technology to Help with Learning Disabilities?
GotSanity asks: "I have a little brother who is now 18 and still can not read or do basic math. At an early age he was diagnosed with a level 10 mental handicap. I am curious as to what technology is available to help teach him to read. The major problems with most educational software I have found is that they both cater to younger minds (even though he has a learning disability he still is involved with everyday teenager activities like video games and music) and are often far to expensive for a working class family. I originally got him a copy of Typing of the Dead, and through it he has been learning to read and spell better. What novel education ideas can the Slashdot community suggest?"
I learned to read and type as a kid with Nintendo Power magazine and Mario Teaches Typing.
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I have a little brother who is now 18 and still can not read or do basic math.
Get him a slashdot account, he will fit right in.
A good example of a Level 10 mental handicap can be found at this website.
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