2.  ADHD can result in
behavioralandcognitiveproblems
◦ http://www.brighthubeducation.com/special-ed-neurological-disorders/74108-
assistive-technology-for-adhd-students/
 Affects
◦ 9.5 percentofschool-agedboys
◦ 5.9 percentofschool-agedgirls
 CDC

3.  When a students processing or interpretation
of information is adversely affected
◦ www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/healthyhearing/tools/pdf/audiprocdis.pdf

4.  1975
 TheIndividualswithDisabilitiesEducationAct
(IDEA) mandatestheprovisionof a
freeandappropriatepublicschooleducationforc
hildrenandyouthages 3–21
whohavedisabilities
◦ http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cwd.asp

5.  6.5 million in 2009–10
 Or 13 percentofallpublicschoolstudents
◦ http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cwd.asp

6.  “Assistivetechnologyistechnologyused by
individualswithdisabilitiesin
ordertoperformfunctionsthatmightotherwise
be difficultorimpossible.”
◦ http://www.washington.edu/accessit/articles?109

7.  Assistive technology can help improve the
quality these students receive
 Range from wheelchairs to the last software
programs for computers

8.  Get parents involved
 Careful observation in classrooms
 Gather your ideas!

9.  Hearing devices
◦ assist students with auditory disabilities
◦ Discrete

10.  Timer that vibrates; helps keep ADHD
students on task

11.  help with writing when utilizing keyboard

12.  Can easily adjust text size to help students
with reading problems; Also allows option of
having text to be read to student