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• 10.04.08
  Avatars Help Disabled Users in SL Collaboration, Education in Virtual Worlds, Second Life | (3)

  One of the great things about Second Life is the chance to take great imaginative leaps within its virtual confines. And with no other group is this more true than for those with disabilities, reports the Voice of America news. The article interviews two RL users, Alice Krueger and Ron Sidell, as they describe what it's like to use Second Life while being mostly confined to wheelchairs. Said Krueger: Here in this life I'm pretty much confined to my home and this room. I don't see adults. It's difficult to go out and talk with people. It's really nice to ...

  Tagged: Alice Krueger, Ron Sidell, virtual worlds and disabilities, Voice of America
  

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