Advantage:An assessment of "Enabling Dreams"

The video showed numerous people with disabilities that used laptops and other forms of computer related devices to do their school work or to communicate with people that did not need help communicating at all. One girl even said in the video that she would not be where she was without the type of special technology that she uses for school. What she uses technology for is she records her voice for her college courses even though she can still type. This enables her to keep up with college students as she is a sophomore in college. Another person who had a disability used a laptop to do his work in high school. Although laptops are very uncommon in high schools (especially in Guam), this student takes four advanced placement courses and is also the president of a student organization. One of the most remarkable stories about this video was about a student that had a disability that caused stiffness in his limbs. What is remarkable about this student is that he plays an instrument using a joy stick. As the story was being told about the student, there was an unfortunate incident that occurred where his instrument was stolen. However, by the help of the community the family was able to raise over $6,000 and buy a more efficient model of the same instrument.This is exactly the type of approach we need to take to address the needs of students with disabilities not only at the United States of America but everywhere else, including here on Guam. Guam is unique in itself in that I believe that students with disabilities do not get the same attention and therefore do not exactly have the same opportunities as people with disabilities do in the U.S.A. From what I have seen in the public schools on Guam is that there are no assistive technological devices to aid students with disabilities. There are barely even any computers for classrooms for students without disabilities. I think that once students with disabilities in the public schools on Guam can use the same type of devices as those students with disabilities in the U.S.A, then the students with disabilities here can achieve the same goals.