2. Assistive Technology is a device or service that
helps a student with a disability to meet his or
her IEP goals and to participate in the general
education setting to the greatest possible
extent.
Students use AT to communicate, to
participate and to perform academic tasks,
move/travel around the school.
3. According to The Technology Related Act
of 1988 and the Assistive Technology Act
of 1998 define assistive technology as “any
item, piece of equipment, or product,
whether acquired commercially, modified,
or customized, that is used to increase,
maintain, or improve the functional
capabilities of individuals with disabilities.”
4. The Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act(IDEA) mandates that AT devices and
services be considered for each child with a
disability.
AT is reflected in the students IEP and a method
of general curriculum access.
IEP must include information about a student’s
current abilities and how his or her disability
affects involvement and progress.
5. The IEP must include the program
modifications and supports the school and
teachers will provide to help a student’s
involvement and progress in the classroom.
The ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act requires schools to provide AT for
students with disabilities, if it is needed to
assure equal access or remove barrier programs
and services.
6. Loop Systems use a cable that circles the
listening area. The loop can be any size, and
can be placed anywhere. It could be around a
classroom or an auditorium.
The teacher speaks into a microphone and the
signal is amplified and fed through the loop.
Students receive the signal through specially
equipped hearing aids that receive
electromagnetic signals. These hearing aids
are very common, and have a built-in “T
switch”.
7. Screen magnification software is
used by people with visual
impairments to access information
on computer screens. The
software enlarges information on
the screen by incremental factors
(2x magnification, 3x up to 20x
magnification).
Most screen magnification
programs have the flexibility to
magnify the full screen, parts of
the screen, or a magnifying glass
view of the area around the
cursor or pointer.
8. Electronic math worksheets
are software programs that can
help students organize, align,
and work through math
problems on a computer screen.
Numbers that appear onscreen
can also be read aloud via a
speech synthesizer. This is
helpful to students who have
trouble aligning math problems
with pencil and paper.
9. These apps can be utilized with
accessibility features such as Voice-
Over, text to speech, zoom/
magnification, highlighting, definitions,
annotations, font style, color selection,
large text, and much more. There are
iPad and iPhone apps for all abilities and
disabilities, and all subjects of learning
(math, reading, social studies, and
science).
E-Books and Apps - There are Apps for accessing digital books such as
VoiceDream and iBooks, as well as many free e-book and audio book options.
It reads textbooks for school or books for pleasure.
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http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edy
Assistive Technology for College Students Who are Bind or Visually Impaired.
(2010). Retrieved March 28, 2014, from
http://adaptivetech.tcnj.edu/resheet/blind.htm
Classroom Assistive Listening Devices. (2014). Retrieved March 28, 2014,
from http://www.californiaearinstitute.com/hearing-device-center-
listening-device-classroom-bay-area.php
Great Schools. (2014). Retrieved March 28, 2014,
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