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Helping him see: guiding a visually impaired student through the computer science curriculum

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Mary Elaine Califf,

Mary M. Goodwin,

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 40, Issue 1

Pages 444 - 448

https://doi.org/10.1145/1352322.1352286

Published: 12 March 2008 Publication History

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In this paper, we describe some of the challenges of teaching computer science to a visually impaired student along with suggested solutions for these challenges. We include perspectives of both professors and a severely visually impaired student.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 40, Issue 1

SIGCSE 08

March 2008

549 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1352322

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SIGCSE '08: Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 2008
606 pages
ISBN:9781595937995
DOI:10.1145/1352135
General Chairs:
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Haverford College
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Susan Rodger
Duke University
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Program Chairs:
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Metropolitan State University
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Mark Guzdial
Georgia Institute of Technology

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