Where can you find great equipment to help with ICT development? The answer, perhaps, surprisingly, is in the section of the catalogues marked Special Educational Needs.
I work with more than 100 schools providing ICT access for children with special needs. This involves assessing individual challenges and then supplying the necessary equipment to enable them to fully access the curriculum.
I was recently called in to help a local nursery. A child couldn't use the class computer despite being desperate to do so.
A Big Keys keyboard and Tiny Mouse were provided. When I returned a week later, I arrived to find that the keyboard and mouse that had previously been attached to the computer were tucked away in a cupboard, as every single child had switched to using the access device.
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