Assistive Technology

Zackary Dempsey, Danielle Poignon, and Elizabeth

Weinland

Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology- is any device that helps students with physical and mental disabilities perform task that would be difficult or impossible for them to do on their own.

Multiple Intelligences

Learning Disabilities

Common Learning Disabilities found in schools:

Dyslexia

Dysphasia/ Aphasia

ADD/ADHD

What can we do to help these students?

Assistive Technology for Students with Learning Disabilities

- READING AND WRITING- Text to Speech- Books on Tape- Voice Activated Typing

-Dragon Dictate

-Scribes

REMEDIAL SUBJECT MATTER

-Subject based web tutorials

Assistive Technology for the Physically Disabled

Adaptive seating Wheel chairs, walkers

Printed notes with large print

Microphone or recorded class lectures

Ergonomic Pens Touch screen

computers Voice recognition

software

Assistive Technology for the Average Student

Many assistive technologies are being established in everyday classrooms to help average students grasp the subject matter.

Flip Camera Skype and other social

networking sites Smart Boards or

interactive boards Google Docs

Assistive Technology for Gifted Children

Web-based interactive lesson plans

-The Gifted Kids Network

Guided research, projects, and classes online

Personalized experiences

Some issues with Assistive Technology

Untrained in the uses.

Can be expensive.

Always changing and improving.

Design: Making it universal rather than specialized.

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Famous People with Physical and Mental Disabilities

Stephen Hawkin

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Magic Johnson

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