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Education of people with very severe physical disabilities — people who cannot speak and are quadriplegic — can be greatly facilitated by the internet and by new computer access technologies. Five students between the ages of 17 and 24 have completed courses over the internet using access technologies that allow them to control the mouse pointer on the computer screen by moving just their eyes or head.
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Gips, J., DiMattia, P.A., Curran, M., Lees, D., Gates, M. (2002). Accessing Internet Courses by Eye Movement and Head Movement. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45491-8_48
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