Some students with disabilities rely on screens at school. What happens if they're banned?

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A growing movement to ban screens from schools threatens to cut off some of the most vulnerable students from the technology they depend on. Children with disabilities use assistive tech, from speech-to-text software to eye-tracking devices, to access the curriculum alongside their peers. Schools nationwide are implementing blanket screen restrictions without carving out exceptions for accommodations, leaving parents and educators scrambling to protect these students' legal rights while the broader debate over device use in classrooms accelerates.