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Eugena Williams
EE 505, Technology and Education
 Assistive technology is any device, equipment,
or software that aids someone with a disability
in their everyday life whether at school or
home.
 Assistive technology can be low-tech like a
pencil grip or high-tech like a computer (PBS,
2015).
Technology Related Assistance for Individuals
with Disabilities Act of 1988
- Provided federal funds to states for training
and delivery of assistive technology devices.
- Required states and territories to develop
training programs for technology to be used be
individuals with disabilities regardless of the
age.
- Defined assistive technology and the
availability and quality of the devices (Reed,
2000).
Assistive Technology Act of 1998
 An amendment that stated assistive technology
is valuable to individuals with disabilities.
 Increased funding to develop permanent
statewide programs to give technology training
for individuals with disabilities (Reed, 2000).
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
1990 and 1997
 School district is responsible for providing
assistive technology to its students with
disabilities.
 The assistive technology should aid the student
with disability in and outside of school (Reed,
2000).
Technology that helps remove barriers so
students with a seeing impairment can see like
their peers.
They are able to do homework, research, and read
( American Foundation for the Blind, 2015).
Technology that is used in situations where
listening is required ( Hearing Loss Association
of America, 2015).
Technology device that compensates, bypass, or
move around a student’s specific learning
disability (Standberry & Raskind, 2009).
 Technology used to assist students that have
limited or no mobility.
American Foundation for the Blind. (2015). Assistive technology. American Foundation
for the Blind. Retrieved from www.afb.org.
Hearing Loss Association of America. (2015). Hearing assistive technology. Hearing
Loss Association of America. Retrieved from www.hearingloss.org.
PBS broadcasting. (2015). Assistive technology. PBS broadcasting. Retrieved from
www.pbs.org.
Reed. (2000). Assistive technology legislation. Assistive Technology Training Online
Project. Retrieved from http://atto.buffalo.edu.
Standberry,K., Raskind, M.H. (2009). Assistive technology for kids with learning
disabilities: an overview. Reading Rockets. Retrieved from
www.readingrockets.org.

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Assistive technology williams

  • 1. by Eugena Williams EE 505, Technology and Education
  • 2.  Assistive technology is any device, equipment, or software that aids someone with a disability in their everyday life whether at school or home.  Assistive technology can be low-tech like a pencil grip or high-tech like a computer (PBS, 2015).
  • 3. Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 - Provided federal funds to states for training and delivery of assistive technology devices. - Required states and territories to develop training programs for technology to be used be individuals with disabilities regardless of the age. - Defined assistive technology and the availability and quality of the devices (Reed, 2000).
  • 4. Assistive Technology Act of 1998  An amendment that stated assistive technology is valuable to individuals with disabilities.  Increased funding to develop permanent statewide programs to give technology training for individuals with disabilities (Reed, 2000).
  • 5. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 1990 and 1997  School district is responsible for providing assistive technology to its students with disabilities.  The assistive technology should aid the student with disability in and outside of school (Reed, 2000).
  • 6. Technology that helps remove barriers so students with a seeing impairment can see like their peers. They are able to do homework, research, and read ( American Foundation for the Blind, 2015).
  • 7. Technology that is used in situations where listening is required ( Hearing Loss Association of America, 2015).
  • 8. Technology device that compensates, bypass, or move around a student’s specific learning disability (Standberry & Raskind, 2009).
  • 9.  Technology used to assist students that have limited or no mobility.
  • 10. American Foundation for the Blind. (2015). Assistive technology. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved from www.afb.org. Hearing Loss Association of America. (2015). Hearing assistive technology. Hearing Loss Association of America. Retrieved from www.hearingloss.org. PBS broadcasting. (2015). Assistive technology. PBS broadcasting. Retrieved from www.pbs.org. Reed. (2000). Assistive technology legislation. Assistive Technology Training Online Project. Retrieved from http://atto.buffalo.edu. Standberry,K., Raskind, M.H. (2009). Assistive technology for kids with learning disabilities: an overview. Reading Rockets. Retrieved from www.readingrockets.org.