Meet Abbi, a Kindergarten student from the Wyalusing School District. Abbi’ s medical needs prevent her from going to school with her sisters and attending a regular classroom. With the support of her parents, Christopher and Delicia Brown, and the Wyalusing School District, IU 17 is providing Abbi with assistive technology that allows her to experience her class from her home setting. Through the use of a Double Robotics telepresence robot, which uses iPads, an app specific to the robot, and Bluetooth & Wi-Fi connectivity, Abbi was able to attend her kindergarten orientation on Monday and join her class on the first day of school. Abbi is able to see the class, interact with her teachers and peers, and move around the room using the robot. We are so excited that we were able to help Abbi get connected to her classroom! To find out more about IU 17’s robot lease program, contact Dana Vermilya at dvermilya@iu17.org