Elizabeth M. Perrotto , M.Ed. Olivia Chavez Schonberger , M.Ed.
Technology is a wonderful tool by which the playing field in a non-disabled world becomes equal.
This is the thought of most parents of students with visual impairments and the belief of most people with visual impairments trying to break into the work force. That is the issue at hand, technology for all its wonderful benefits still carries with it some pitfalls. Those problems and some possible solutions will be addressed in this paper. Once the student has equipment in the home, what happens when it does not work correctly or the student does not remember the commands. Parents for the most part do not receive training on the specialized equipment, even if they are computer literate the problems that arise with screen readers, scanners, embossers, and braille translation software is very unique.