Are Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) accessible?
Printable Version AccessIT Article ID: 1062 This article is also available in Spanish. Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are small handheld computers, also known as palmtops, handheld PCs, or handhelds. PDAs are becoming increasingly popular, not solely for business and personal use but also for use in education. At all educational levels, PDAs are being used in the classroom for increasing students’ organization, fostering collaboration, and maximizing portability of technology. PDAs are well suited to these tasks. There are thousands of applications available, many of them free, that support a full spectrum of activities and academic disciplines. PDAs are also fiscally appealing to educational entities; most models are much cheaper than desktop computers. In May 2001, The University of South Dakota (USD) became the first U.S. postsecondary institution to require the use of handheld computers by undergraduate students. In many ways, PDAs provide benefits to individuals with disabilit
