{"id":333,"count":7,"description":"Blind? Deaf? Impaired? Then in most of the developing world, this means you're also dumb.  You're excluded from formal educational opportunities at an early age and possibly even shunned by your family and community.  But this doesn't have to be the fate of physically or mentally challenged children anywhere.\r\n\r\nAssistive information and communication technologies can allow those with disabilities to learn and grow, indistinguishable from any other child. But we have to ask  questions about them in our context.\r\n\r\nEspecially since you could even argue that educational systems are often impaired themselves - lacking budget, expertise, and will power to recognize that assistive technologies exist and should be employed for the betterment of all.","link":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/archive\/assistive-technology\/","name":"Assistive Technology","slug":"assistive-technology","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}