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"One of the greatest joys you can have as a parent is seeing your child having fun," says Alicia Gallegos Butters, director of educational technology for the San Diego County Office of Education.
"Seeing your child, in some cases, play sports, do something that allows them happiness.
What we did that day is we allowed that to happen, or we were part of that happening for families."
The San Diego Union-Tribune has the story of 19-year-old Jaylyn Morris, who suffers from cerebral palsy and a traumatic brain injury and has never been able to play video games.
In February, however, he was introduced to E-Sports at the San Diego County Office of Education's Innovation Center, which offers high-tech classes and workshops to students in the region.
It's all part of the County Office's mission to end poverty by giving students highly sought tech skills needed for future careers.
Morris was one of three students from the Friendship School, a special education school in Imperial Beach, who were introduced to E-Sports at the center.
They played Pong, T-Rex, and Super Mario Brothers with the help of custom-made equipment made with a 3-D printer.
"Some of these kids hadn't played games before
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The Lilabean Foundation for Pediatric Brain Cancer Research was started by Nicole Giroux in honor of her daughter, Lila, who was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer at just 15 months old and...more
Amazon is putting its money where its mouth is, donating $1 million to three children's hospitals in the US and Canada, DC News Now reports. The money will go to Children's National Hospital in...more
A nurse at the forefront of the fight against childhood obesity has come up with a device that would encourage parents to spend more time on the baby's tummy. Ainat Koren, a PhD student at the...more
In the face of a $700 million budget shortfall, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed cutting the $87 million Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund, the nation's first publicly funded program intended...more
A San Diego children's hospital has developed software that it says will make it easier for surgeons to view 3D CT scans. The Arc Viewer, developed by Rady Children's Hospital's 3D Innovations...more
"This is the second of several upcoming patents," Nuwellis CEONestor Jaramillo says of a "significant stride" the company has taken with its Vivian continuous renal replacement therapy device for...more
It's not just kids who are struggling to make ends meet when it comes to child care. "It's a workforce issue full stop," says Sarah Rittling, executive director of the First Five Years...more
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