Week 2 Assignment

1. Assistive
Technology
By: Wendy Sammons

2. What is Assistive Technology?
• Devices and services that help individuals with special
needs:
Seeing
Communication
Listening
Remembering Reading

3. Assistive Technology Defined!
• Assistive Technology is an umbrella term that includes
assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people
with disabilities and also includes the process used in
selecting, locating and using them (WikiPedia, 2014).

4. Laws Regarding Assistive
Technology
Any service that directly assists an individual with disability in the selection,
acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device, including:
• Evaluation
• Providing Devices
• Selecting, Customizing, Adapting, Applying AT solutions
• Coordinating AT with other providers’ services
• Training and Technical Assistance- Individual and Family
• Training and Technical Assistance- Professionals
http://idea.ed.gov/

5. Disabilities and Assistive
Technology
The following are disabilities that can require the use of
Assistive technology.
• Hearing impaired
• Vision impaired
• Learning impaired
• Physically impaired

6. Listening Devices for the
classroom

7. Help to amplify sounds Emits a blinking light
or loud sound
Helps those who can’t communicate express themselves
Amplified sound travels a loop
creating electromagnetic field and
sent to a hearing loop receiver

9. Tools Used in the Classroom
Abbreviation Expanders
Alternative Keyboards
Audio Books and Publications
Electronic Math Worksheets
Freeform Database Software
Graphic Organizers
Information/Data Managers
Personal FM Listening Systems
Talking Calculators
Variable Speed Recorders
Electronic Math Worksheets:
These allow the user to
access them on a
computer screen, offer
immediate feedback and
remediation and audio
explanations

11. References
Assistive Devices for People with Hearing, Voice, Speech, or Language Disorders. (2014, July). Retrieved
from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD):
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/Pages/Assistive-Devices.aspx
Assistive Technologies for people with Physical Impairments. (2014). Retrieved from General Medical
Council: http://webaim.org/articles/motor/assistive#mouthstick
Assistive Technology Act. (2009, December). Retrieved from National Dissemination Center for Children
with Disabilities: http://nichcy.org/laws/ata
Assistive Technology for Kids with Learning Disabilities: an Overview. (2014). Retrieved from Reading
Rocket: http://www.readingrockets.org/article/assistive-technology-kids-learning-disabilities-overview
Ed.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved from Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004: http://idea.ed.gov/
Principles of Assistive Technology for Students with Visual Impairments. (2010, February 19). Retrieved
from Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired:
http://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.com/assistive-technology.html
teach@thought. (2014). Retrieved from 8 Helpful Assistive Technology Tools for Your Classroom:
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/8-helpful-assistive-technology-tools-for-your-classroom/
WikiPedia. (2014, August 27). Retrieved from WikiPedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology