Have a look at the Downs Syndrome Ireland website, http://www.downsyndrome.ie/, and, in particular, at this page where download access is available to an ‘internet and e-mail programme’ commissioned by Down Syndrome Ireland and developed by Multimedia Instructional Design; it is a series of interactive lessons designed specifically for teenagers with Down syndrome, to help them learn about and use the Internet easily and safely.
I have a particular interest in this programme since my grandson, Peter, is a teenager with Downs’s syndrome. Peter is lucky because both parents are advanced ICT users; nevertheless I am impressed by this programme.
As it stands or indeed a version of it would be very useful for introducing hesitant ‘seniors’ to use of Internet and e-mail.I have already introduced it to one lady in her mid-seventies who has found it very helpful!
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