Technology is amazing. I clearly remember my grandparents marveling at their new VCR. The new technology was simultaneously amazing and scary to them. They never learned to program the clock because they were afraid to push any of the buttons. I was a kid, so I thought it was hilarious that I always had to program the VCR for them. Compared to my grandparents, I was proudly tech savvy. I had the first remote control television of all my friends, and we were the first on our block to get cable. I remember when digital watches and cordless phones were new and exciting. Technology has advanced so much in my lifetime and it moves further every day, I can hardly keep up. I now feel like my grandmother, flummoxed by the clock on the VCR. Meanwhile, my ten year old is writing code.
When I was a kid, all the math teachers had the same mantra, "You won't have a calculator with you all the time." It was the standard excuse for not allowing calculators in class. Well, they should feel pretty silly now because almost everyone has a calculator on them all the time. They never saw it coming. Assistive technology changes lives for the better. The technology helps people to achieve more and to better communicate with others. They can now express themselves like never before. These technologies have literally given some people a voice. The argument against it (simply because it is new) is not a valid argument. All great ideas were new once. Any new technology that improves the quality of life for people with disabilities is a great idea.
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