ABC and 3D: Opportunities and obstacles to 3D printing in special education environments

ASSETS14 - Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 107-114

  Buehler, Erin ^a   Kane, Shaun K ^a,b   Hurst, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; Assistive technology; Children; Cognitive impairment; Developmental disability; Digital fabrication; Rapid prototyping; Special education; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

RAPID PROTOTYPING; STUDENTS;

3-D PRINTING; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CHILDREN; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY; DIGITAL FABRICATION; SPECIAL EDUCATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

3D PRINTERS;

EID: 84911364875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2661334.2661365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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