Another useful accommodation for those with writing difficulties (in  
addition to the Alphasmart and computer) is to use Dragon Naturally Speaking.  This 
is a software program that uses speech recognition to write spoken words  
directly into a Word document. After a brief training phase, the individual with  
dyslexia/dysgraphia can speak into a microphone attached to a computer and  
his/her words appear almost on the computer screen. It is really remarkable how  
helpful this can be. Another software program for younger students is 
Co:Writer  which uses word prediction to assist in producing the correct word on a  
computer, by anticipating a word as the writer begins to type. It can be used  
with a Word program to make written work less effortful. 
 
Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic (_www.rfbd.org_ (http://www.rfbd.org) ) is 
an organization that will send  books on CD for anybody with a formally 
identified learning disability that  results in difficulties with reading texts 
that have to be studied  in school or college. An excellent resource.
 
Julie Ennis M.Ed (ED/LD)
Education Consultant
Fairfax VA



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