[Athen] Seeking math accommodations for a student who cannot handwrite

[Erik Ferguson]

There was a reference to Panther Math paper in this thread. It was the
darling of the AT community a few years back but when I tried to use it
last year we found that it would install but not run on a newer iPad and
the student was out 20$. Can anyone verify the current status of this app?

Thank you!

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 8:29 AM Janet Fukuda <Janet.Fukuda at phoenix.edu>
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>    - What assistive technology did the student use in high school to

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>    Math paper

>    - Is the student connected with Voc Rehab to receive assistive

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu>

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> *On Behalf Of *Deborah Armstrong

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> *Sent:* Friday, September 11, 2020 8:04 AM

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> *Subject:* [Athen] Seeking math accommodations for a student who cannot

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> I wanted to have some feedback for this brand-new student’s counselor. I

> don’t choose accommodations myself but I help out.

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> Student has no mental, learning or visual disabilities. But he’s severely

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> We continue to shelter in place so he’ll have to learn remotely.

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> He passed three courses in summer that required reading and answering

> multiple-choice quizzes because he has a computer with appropriate

> accommodations. (I’m not sure what he uses, but apparently it works fine

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> boxes online.) He just finished high school, so summer, when much of our

> staff was on leave was his very first college experience.

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> I’ve been corresponding with his upset mom who says he failed math because

> it required him to be able to write by hand, which he cannot do.

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> I’m trying to get them to talk to his counselor and our access technology

> specialist instead of me, but I’d like to have some accommodation ideas for

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Erik Ferguson
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