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I've been teaching myself Braille lately, and it made me realize that alot of classrooms are not exactly friendly to individuals with visually impairments. Technology usually takes the form of a computer in the classroom, or stuff presented to students electronically, but I very rarely see a classroom that utilizes Braille. I don't see Braille lettering labeling anything in a classroom, or a special drawer in a classroom where a teacher keeps a Braille keyboard, a subscription code for a screenreading program ready to install on a classroom computer, or anything of that nature. It always seems that if there is a student that is visually impaired in a general education classroom, they have to go somewhere else to play on a computer, or complete a homework assignment. We learn all of these things that we can utilize technology for, but very few people look further into how we are going to need to adapt these new tools for individuals with disabilities in our classrooms.