How tech can help your student with learning disabilities

Author and activist Ben Foss sheds light on how assistive technologies can make all the difference in how a child does in school.
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Ben Foss, the author of The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan and founder of the website, Headstrong Nation, understands the power of assistive technologies. Foss, who has dyslexia himself, says kids can get ahead in school making use of the right tools, some of which might already be in the palm of your hand.  

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