Cloud Computing and Disabilities, Part One

Over the next few days/weeks, I will be posting my thoughts about a fabulous conference I attended last fall sponsored by the Silicon Flatirons in Boulder, CO.  It was co-sponsored by the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, also based at CU Boulder.  I had just come off from an intense period of study about special ed law because we were about to enter the IEP process with Siobhan.  I was looking around for relevant licensing and contract related work, and I found this conference that was perfectly situated between IT, disability law, and law. It was astonishing that I heard about this conference just days before it started, and located just minutes away from where we live and work.  I went to the conference as a smart if uneducated observer in the field of disability law.

I was amazed by what I learned.  The world of assistive technology, accessibility issues, universal design, and the range of legal issues surrounding all of the foregoing astonished me.  It's certainly a world I never saw in law school, or since then.  And I imagine that many people never have cause to enter the world.  Why would you, if you never had to go through a cognitive or motor planning evaluation of your child?  Or an IEP meeting?  Or a medical evaluation of your child's EEG scan?

I will be sharing what I learned at the conference over a series of posts on the blog, in an effort to both solidify my thoughts as well as disseminate some of these cool ideas to a wider audience.  Many thanks to the organizers and presenters at the conference, and I hope that I can do justice to the work they shared.

Take One

I was inspired to start this blog to record thoughts and knowledge gained while advocating and learning on behalf of my daughter Siobhan.  Siobhan is a happy, smart, loving 3 year old who happens to have special needs.  It's a continuing journey that we all are on, and I have to say that I don't see the end in sight.  However, if the knowledge I've gained along the way, as a parent and an attorney, can help others in their journey, so much the better.