Essays about: "reading disabilities"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the words reading disabilities.

1. 6. Augmented Reality as an Educational Support Tool For Dyslexic Students in Higher Education : Exploring Potentials of Augmented Reality to Support Reading Processes

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Lucas Kasa; [2022]
   Keywords : Augmented Reality; Interaction design; Dyslexia; Educational support tools; education; reading; disabilities; diagnoses; student; technology; adhd; dd;

   Abstract : This thesis project explores and investigates the potential benefits of implementing AR as an educational support tool for dyslexic students in higher education. This was conducted through three design explorations which investigate if the characteristic of AR holds any potential benefits for the participants while reading academic papers. READ MORE

3. 7. Revisiting Persecution due to Socio-Economic Deprivation: a Reading of the Refugee Definition in light of the CRPD

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Stavroula Kalea; [2020]
   Keywords : persecution; refugee definition; persons with disabilities; disability-specific; socio-economic deprivation; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The discussion of what the notion of ‘persecution’ entails seems to be evergreen during a time when people are more and more on the move fleeing deprivation of socioeconomic rights. A ‘human rights approach’ to the refugee definition, namely an interpretation by reference to human rights standards, is now endorsed in relevant scholarship. READ MORE

4. 8. Educational reading for youths with special needs

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

   Author : Robin Rubindal; [2020]
   Keywords : computer science; gamification; reading comprehension;

   Abstract : Children with intellectual disabilities often struggle with reading, and traditional ways of learning can be frustrating and difficult. This thesis investigates the ability to adapt gaming as a more creative and engaging way for these children to practice sentence structure and reading comprehension. READ MORE

5. 9. Beyond the Standard

   University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för design, inredningsarkitektur och visuell kommunikation (DIV)

   Author : Marthe Kulseth; [2020]
   Keywords : Standard; Standardization; Poststandardization; Go beyond the standard; People with disabilities; Intellectual disability; Spatial border; housing to people with intellectual disability; Selbu; Interior architect; Material Diversity; An Attempt to Explain. A letter from my dyslexic self; dyslexia;

   Abstract : In order to contribute to equality, we must go beyond the standard. I want to learn from people with disabilities and the spatial border they are faced with, by exploring the responsibility I have been given, through claiming a role that affects our built environments. READ MORE

6. 10. The effectiveness of Assistive Technology to support children with Specific Learning Disabilities: Teacher Perspectives

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, CHILD

   Author : Mary Pushpy Tony; [2019]
   Keywords : Specific learning disability SLD ; Teachers; Children; Perspectives; Assistive Technology; Effectiveness; Intervention; Software;

   Abstract : According to the UNICEF report, up to ten percent of children in the world have affected specific learning disabilities (SLD) and the majority of these children are educated in general education classrooms. An important resource for children with learning disabilities to flourish in the classroom is access to assistive technology. READ MORE