Investigating the implications of 3D printing in special education

ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Buehler, Erin ^a   Comrie, Niara ^a   Hofmann, Megan ^b   McDonald, Samantha ^a   Hurst, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Department of Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PRINTING; PRINTING MACHINERY; PRINTING PRESSES; RAPID PROTOTYPING; WAVE FILTERS;

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

3D PRINTERS;

EID: 84963779894     PISSN: 19367228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2870640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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