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https://www.educationdive.com/news/teachers-harness-the-power-of-electronic-games-to-teach-the-visually-impair/548862/

The subject of this article is how electronic games are being used in the classroom to help the visually impaired to learn. I think this article is aimed at teachers who have visually-impaired students and want to know how to engage with them in lessons, or visually- impaired individuals who are interested in new technology that is enabling them and people like them to learn in a more effective way. I know this because the article explains how the technology can be used to benefit others, but it also mentions how a new curriculum will have to be constructed by administrators and educators in order to enable the visually-impaired to get the most out of their time in the classroom - which is something that teachers of the visually-impaired would be interested in. The purpose of this article is to help people understand just how games and technology can help the visually-impaired - as it mentions things like ‘hand-eye coordination’ and ‘spatial concepts’ which can be accessed and enhanced by the visually-impaired through the use of this technology. I like this article because it gives me hope for the future and encourages me to believe that everyone will at some point be able to access an education, even if currently no one thinks it is possible.

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