title: Delivering on the promise of Plato's academy: educational accessibility for the 21st century.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This special volume is dedicated to eight updated and expanded communications selected from 33 refereed papers presented at the inaugural international conference on Technology-based Learning with Disability (LWD-07) which took place on July 19-20, 2007 at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
  
  
  METHODS
  Approximately 140 researchers and practitioners attended LWD-07 representing a cross-section of K-12 and higher education, pure and applied research, disability-related industry and rehabilitation agencies with common interests in facilitating educational attainment for people with all types of disabilities through use of technology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The communications selected for publication are representative of the breadth of interest at the nexus of disability, assistive technology, and the pedagogy of individualized learning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Access to education is a key component for quality of life and rehabilitation of any individual with a disability.
authors.affiliation: College of Science and Mathematics, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA. michele.wheatly@wright.edu
authors.forename: Michele G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Wheatly
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flach
authors.forename: Clark
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shingledecker
authors.forename: Forouzan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Golshani
mesh_terms: D001107:Architectural Accessibility; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004519:Education, Special / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans