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Assistive Technology

Description of Assistive Technology

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Assistive Technology

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  1. Assistive Technology Ashley Burns ED 505

  2. What is Assistive Technology? Assistive Technology is any device or service that helps a student with a disability to meet his or her Individualized Education Program goals and to participate in the general education setting to the greatest possible extent (Assistive Technology: An Overview, 2010).

  3. What can Assistive Technology be used for? • Assistive Technology can be used to… • Communicate • Perform academic tasks • Participate in social and extracurricular activities • Move or travel around school • Use proper seating and positioning • Access materials (Assistive Technology: An Overview, 2010)

  4. What does the law say inregard to Assistive Technology? Federal law requires that Assistive Technology be considered when developing an Individualized Education Program for every student with a disability. After devices have been identified, services in the form of training and support may be required. Use should be evaluated and regularly monitored. (Assistive Technology: An Overview, 2010)

  5. Which disabilities may require Assistive Technology? • These disabilities or impairments may be, but are not limited to… • Hearing Impaired • Seeing Impaired • Learning Disabled • Physically Disabled

  6. Hearing Impaired • FM Listening Systems can amplify a teacher’s voice or reduce background noise in the classroom. The teacher wears a microphone that broadcasts to speakers in the room or to a personal receiver worn by the student (Morin, 2014).

  7. Seeing Impaired • An electronic braille embosser translates text input from a braille keyboard and sends it directly to a printer that is connected to it (D’Andrea, 2005).

  8. Learning Disabled • Timers are visual aids that help students with disabilities that have trouble with pacing. Timers can be as simple as an hourglass timer or a wristwatch. Timers can also provide students with a way to mentally prepare to switch activities (Morin, 2014).

  9. Physically Disabled • If a person does not have reliable muscle control in their hands, an adaptive keyboard can be used. The keyboard has raised areas in between the keys to allow a person to place their hand down on the keyboard. Then, they will slide their finger into the correct key. Some adaptive keyboards come with software that has word completion technology allowing fewer keystrokes (Motor Disabilities: Assistive Technologies, 2012).

  10. References D’Andrea, Frances M. (2005, January). Product Evaluation- More than a Perkins Brailler: A Review of the Mountbatten Brailler, Part 1. AFB Access World Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw060106 Morin, Amanda (2014, June 7). 8 Examples of Assistive Technology and Adaptive Tools. Retrieved from http://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/assistive-technology/assistive-technologies-basics/8-examples-of-assistive-technology-and-adaptive-tools Motor Disabilites: Assistive Technologies. (2012, October 12). Retrieved from http://webaim.org/articles/motor/assistive The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements. (2010). Assistive Technology: AnOverview. Retrieved on June 4, 2015 fromhttp://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/

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