Abstract

Elementary schools in Mexico offer children information technology resources in order to promote computer literacy. Children use interactive materials from Web portals such as Enciclomedia and Red Escolar, designed for school work in the computer labs. However, blind children integrated to regular schools face themselves with a different scenario, since they have special requirements of assistive technology in order to use computers as their classmates do. This paper describes the issues involved in the information technology education of blind children integrated to regular elementary schools in the state of Colima, Mexico.