Teaching and Learning - Assistive Technology


	Teaching and Learning
	Assistive Technology

~ For those without disabilities
Assistive Technology makes things easier.
For those with disabilities
Assistive Technology
makes things possible.~

Leslie Weymeyer

INTRODUCTION

Students with a wide variety of disabilities can benefit from the use of assistive technology to support their learning. From providing an opportunity for a student in some way to impact his or her environment to providing a vehicle for creative story writing, assistive technology provides the tools. Assistive technology can effectively level the learning playing field for students with disabilities and allow them to take part in activities from which they would be excluded because of their disabilities.

Assistive technology can be used to support any number of activities in the classroom (or any other site):

Cutting
Print Production
Arts Education activities
Literacy
Independence
Communication

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Assistive technology includes a wide variety of adaptive devices utilized for education, communication and independence. These devices can be very simple adaptations or alternative tools to assist students (low or light tech) to computer
systems with adapted access and keyboards (high tech).

Low or Light Tech Adaptations

High Tech Adaptations

Part 1:
Cutting
Print Production
Print Production - Alternate Implements and Paper
Print production - Alternate Writing Surfaces

Part 2:
Arts Education Activities
Visual Art/Drama/Dance/Music

Literacy
Independence
Communication

Part 1:
Print Production and Computer Access

Part 2:
Switch Accessibility for the Computer

Part 3:
Subject Area Adaptations

Part 4:
Independence
Communication

Summary and Resources