Assistive Technology

1. Assistive Technology

2. Assistive
Technology
According to iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu,
assistive technology is “any device or
service that helps a student with a
disability to meet his/her individualized
education program (IEP) goals and to
participate in the general education
setting to the greatest possible extent.
This device or service is meant to
improve the success in a general
educations classroom of a student with a
disability.

3. Assistive Technology Laws
The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) – ensures all students have access to a free appropriate public education.
This law requires that the IEP team meet and determine if the students requires an assistive technology device in
order to succeed in the general education classroom.

4. Hearing Impaired
Dragon Assistive Technology –
A device that helps the hearing
impaired by using speech to text
software,

5. Seeing Impaired
Amigo– a portable text magnifier that can serve visual disabilities. This device can
increase text magnification and change text colors.

6. Learning Disabled
Alternative Keyboards – a device for the learning disabled
that customizes the appearance of a keyboard (reduces
input choices, color grouping, graphics)

7. References
Alternative Keyboards. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24, 2015, from http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/assistive-technology/957-alternative-
keyboards.gs
Assistive Technology: An Overview. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24, 2015, from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/#content
George Mason University. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24, 2015, from http://ati.gmu.edu/training/assistive-technology-training/speech-recognition-
training/
(n.d.). Retrieved March 24, 2015, from https://uac.byu.edu/content/assistive-technology#amigo