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Download guide for Windows 7 and Windows Vista

[image: Photo of Accessibility: A Guide for Educators] [image: Word document icon] Accessibility: A Guide for Educators - English

[image: Word document icon] Guia de Accesibilidad para Educadores - Spanish

Download guide for Windows XP

[image: Photo of Accessibility: A Guide for Educators] [image: Word document icon] Accessibility: A Guide for Educators - English

[image: Word document icon] Guia de Accesibilidad para Educadores - Spanish

Curriculum resources

[image: Photo of Accessibility: Curriculum Resources for Special Education] This curriculum resource shows how the PC can be personalized for students with learning style differences or physical disabilities. It also shows how to use Microsoft Office to create accessible teaching materials. [image: Microsoft Word document icon] Curriculum Resources for Special Education for Windows 7 and Office 2010

Teacher training workshop

This workshop shows educators how to use accessibility features on PCs to help students with disabilities use computers.
[image: PowerPoint icon] Accessibility in Education Workshop

How-to articles

Learn ways to make the PC easier to see, hear, and use for learning.

• Five ways to make a PC easier to see
• Four ways to make a PC easier to hear
• Four ways to help a student control the mouse
• Six ways to help students stay focused
• Five ways to help dyslexic students get organized
• Three ways to create accessible teaching materials
• Three ways to create digital talking books for students with disabilities using Microsoft Word

Success stories

Discover how schools and students are using Microsoft accessibility solutions to enhance learning.

• School uses accessible software to help blind student reach the top of her class (Chile)
• Students with disabilities use innovative gaming system to interact with curriculum (Portugal)
• School uses gaming system to enrich learning for students with Down Syndrome (Colombia)
• Schools use familiar technology to make learning more accessible for all students (USA)
• Students at Abu Dhabi Center for Autism use assistive technology to communicate and develop language skills (Abu Dhabi)
• School for the blind bridges distances with Microsoft Lync (USA)
• Blind Ambition: How one student changed classroom learning for low-vision students (USA)
• Using MultiPoint and Mouse Mischief at a school for students who are deaf (Thailand)

Blogs and articles

Read related blogs and articles.

• Trinidad's Janadi Gonzalez-Lord joins the Daily Edventure forum
• Video games help autistic students in classrooms
• School for blind leads the way in distance learning
• Microsoft, Dell Empower Students with Accessible Technology and Training
• Delivering Success through Technology for Students with Disabilities
• Using Kinect in Special Ed Classrooms: Advice from Loudoun County, Virginia teachers
• Celebrating World Down Syndrome Day—Colombia
• For students with disabilities, personalized technology is great equalizer—Qatar
• Life-changing software for hearing impaired students—Ecuador
• Recommendations for providing accessible technology for students to enhance personalized learning
• Different students, same dreams
• Accessibility at the Partners in Learning Global Forum
• Back to School: Personalizing the PC so students can see, hear, and learn more comfortably
• Enabling students of all abilities to realize their potential
• The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools