I started this company in 1980 with an aim to make learning easier for students by giving them high-quality assistive technology tools. Over the years, we have reached over 32,000 schools with our products and are still going strong. I came across lot more students with the same challenges that I had in my past. Here’s a bit more about me, the company, and how we work.
Karen A. Erickson, Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies at University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill. Her focus is on understanding the best ways to assess and teach reading and writing to children with the most severe disabilities. As a special education teacher, Dr. Erickson has worked to support students with a range of disabilities in a variety of classroom settings, particularly students who do not use speech as their primary means of communication.