iPads Allow Kids With Challenges To Play In High School Band

NPR | By Eric Westervelt

Published June 11, 2013 at 12:13 PM EDT

Tablet computers and a creative teacher have helped open doors for some kids with serious learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorders. The P.S. 177 Technology Band is in Queens, N.Y.

Eric Westervelt

Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based senior editor-correspondent for NPR's National Desk.

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