Assistive technologies for students with disabilities: A survey of access and use in Turkish universities

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 40-45

  Ari, Ismahan Arslan ^a   Inan, Fethi A ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technologies; College students; Special education technology; Students with disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952071207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13036521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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