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Philip DiMattia
Researcher at Boston College
Publications - 13
Citations - 338
Philip DiMattia is an academic researcher from Boston College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Special education & Least restrictive environment. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 13 publications receiving 330 citations.
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Seeking Social Justice: A Teacher Education Faculty’s Self Study
Marilyn Cochran-Smith,Lillie R. Albert,Philip DiMattia,Sara Freedman,Richard M. Jackson,Jean F. Mooney,Otherine Johnson Neisler,Alec F. Peck,Nancy Zollers +8 more
TL;DR: A number of scholars have argued that we need teachers (and teacher educators) who enter and remain in the teaching force not to carry on business as usual but to work for social change and social justice.
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The IDEA's Least Restrictive Environment Mandate: Legal Implications
Allan G. Osborne,Philip DiMattia +1 more
TL;DR: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) states that students with disabilities are to be provided with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment (LRE).
Proceedings Article
Using EagleEyes—an electrodes based device for controlling the computer with your eyes—to help people with special needs
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The Effect of Assistive Technology on Educational Costs: Two Case Studies
TL;DR: This paper looks in detail at the costs associated with the education of two children who have used assistive technologies developed at the authors' university and compares them with the educational costs had they not started using the assistive Technologies.
Proceedings Article
Early experiences using visual tracking for computer access by people with profound physical disabilities.
TL;DR: A dozen people who cannot speak and have very limited voluntary muscle control because of cerebral palsy or traumatic brain injury have tried using a new technology called the Camera Mouse to access the computer, which acts as a mouse substitute.