Estela Landeros-Dugourd is the Assistive Technology Coordinator for T/TAC. Estela provides training and technical assistance that focus on using assistive technology (AT) for academic and job inclusion. She received a B.A. in Education K-12 from Direction of Professional Development, and a B.A. in Special Education with emphasis in Severely and Multiply Handicapped at the School for Special Studies in Mexico City. She received her M.A. from the Ohio State University with an emphasis in Severely and Multiply Handicapped and Assistive Technology. Prior to joining T/TAC, Estela was the Senior Manager of Programs for People with Disabilities at the Trust for the Americas/OAS. She was responsible for developing ICT projects and Job Inclusion for people with disabilities in Latin American countries. She was also Manager of DOL/El Salvador Project for training trainers in the use of assistive technology in El Salvador, Central America. Estela was also involved in fundraising activities related to the project. She is currently serving as an honorary consultant for the Association of Special Artists in Lima, Peru. This organization promotes awareness on disability issues through the arts, particularly theater, in Peru. Estela has just been appointed vice president of the recently formed U.S. Chapter of the Association for the Children of Mozambique (http://www.asemworld.org), whose aim is to help Mozambican children who are victims of landmines. She is also a member of the organization Help Handicapped International (http://www.hhiindia.org), a group aimed at providing prosthetics, education, rehabilitation, and job training to landmine victims in India.

• Universal Design for Learning
• Assistive Technology, teacher training in Latin American countries

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• http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
• http://www.nls.org

• Graduate School of Education
• Helen A. Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities
• Region 4 Training and Technical Assistance Center

No courses taught this semester.