Adaptive technology

Adaptive technology rules.  This stuff makes a general education available to almost anyone, even people with severe disabilities.  THe technology allows students to view websites, even if they are blind, hear, even though they are deaf, type, even without control of their hands, and learn despite their disadvantages.  Every modification has been made to technology that most privileged people take for granted, so that those who can't use it can.  Keys on keyboards are made larger, track balls are larger and less sensitive, text is enlarged, websites can be read aloud.  It takes a lot of practice to learn how to use this space aged technology, and most people can't afford it, but for those who can, life is changed.  The day that inner city schools get this stuff will be the day that the achievement gap is eliminated, but one can hope.  The fact that this technology even exists, for a small but constantly growing population, represents a feat of magnificent magnitude.  It means that someone out there, probably someone trying to make a buck off of someone else's misfortune, or that person him or herself, cares enough to create this adaptive technology.
Maybe someday, the people who need this technology to live a more equal life will be able to afford it on their own, or with the help of a government and population that currently ignores them as much as possible.