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Believe in life! Always human beings
will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life.
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| Applications of Assistive Technology |
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Success Stories - Elem.: Assistive Technology Diversity - The
need to provide a diverse range of assistive technologies in the classroom
is the point that this article makes. Ms. Amani's classroom of 14 students
with differing disabilities is described as an example of how adaptations
of assistive technologies help enhance the classroom experience for all.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/ss/e_diversity.html |
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Success! Teacher Training - This article explains how teachers and parents can be effectively
trained in the application of assistive technologies in their classroom.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/trainingteacher.html |
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How Assistive Technology Services Can Go Awry - "Examine a summary of the lessons
learned during a case study that identified problems that can occur when planning, developing,
implementing, and evaluating assistive technology services for a specific student." (site)
http://natri.uky.edu/resources/reports/awry.html |
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Assistive Technology Connections - "A project between SET-BC and Apple Canada that
explored independent participation, for students with disabilities, through the use of
technology tools and adaptations." (site)
http://www.setbc.org/projects/apple/default.html |
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Success Stories - Elementary: School Newspaper - Assistive technology can be used to engage
students with disabilities in the creation of a school newspaper as is described in this example.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/ss/e_newspaper.html |
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| Augmentative Communication |
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Carl: A young adult with literacy and AAC needs - This article describes the role of
assistive technology in providing the alternative and augmented communication
required by a student with cerebral palsy, who is unable to communicate using typical verbal speech.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/bp/case3.html |
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Success Stories - Middle: Using Technology - This brief article
describes the need to try and often use multiple assistive technologies when
endeavoring both to complete assignments and communicate with classmates
and teachers. The case of a middle school student with cerebral palsy
is used to illustrate this point.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/ss/m_usingtech.html |
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| Learning Disabilities |
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Multimedia and More: Help for Students with Learning Disabilities - Using
a case study approach, this video explores how students
with learning disabilities can enhance their ability to
write and conceptualize using technology.
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/multimedia.html |
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Empowering Students with Powerbooks: Computer-based Study Strategies for Students
with Learning Disabilities - This article describes how computer technology can be
used to enable the academic success of students with learning disabilities.
Habits, such as reading to learn, note-taking in class, and organizing for school are
discussed in this context.
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/anderson_inman_nopics.html |
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From Illegible to Understandable: How Word Prediction and Speech Synthesis Can Help - A
case study is used to explain how word prediction and speech synthesis can help enhance the reading
and writing experiences of students with learning disabled students. The advantages and limitations
of this approach are provided.
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/word_prediction.html |
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Communication Supports: A Bridge Over Troubled Water - "In this presentation, Dr. Mirenda
describes positive interventions for building self-determination and communication skills with people with autism spectrum disorders. Case studies show how effective communication supports
can provide long-term solutions to problem behaviour and lead to personal growth and independence." (site)
http://www.setbc.org/setbc/conf/docs/pm01.html |
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Success Stories - Elementary: Journal Writing - Journal writing is a task that can be daunting for kids with limited writing skills.
This article describes how assistive technology can be used to develop journal-writing skills.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/ss/e_journal.html |
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Success Stories - Middle School: Building Reading Success - Students with
reading disabilities may develop an interest in reading through the use of assistive technologies.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/ss/m_reading.html |
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Success Stories - High School: Developing Vocational Skills - A student with Downs Syndrome uses
assistive technologies that help him develop vocational skills.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/ss/h_vocskills.html |
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Jordan: A young child who has literacy needs and also has autism - The use of assistive technology for an autistic student
with literacy needs is described here.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/bp/case1.html |
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Jason: A young adult with educational needs to address learning disabilities and ADD - This
article describes the means by which assistive
technology has enhanced the learning abilities of a student with both learning disabilities and ADD.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/bp/case2.html |
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Technology supports inclusion in preschool: Providing all preschoolers
with opportunities to learn - Using technology to ensure that pre-schoolers
with and without developmental disabilities have the chance to succeed in
the learning setting is the key theme of this article.
http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/library/ec/Profile5.pdf |
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Using an Expanded Keyboard to Help Students with Autism Learn to
Write - This brief vignette uses an anecdote to illustrate how the writing
skills of autistic students can benefit through the use of assistive
technologies, such as expanded keyboards.
http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/library/ec/Vignette.htm |
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Thinking Readers Part II: Supporting Beginning Reading in Children
with Cognitive Disabilities through Technology - This CAST (Center for
Applied Special Technology) article describes how digital text has the capacity
to improve the reading experiences of children with cognitive disabilities
as digital text is considered to be more flexible in terms of meeting the
individual learner needs.
http://www.cast.org/udl/index.cfm?i=2995 |
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| Visually Impaired |
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"Write" Tools for Students who are Visually Impaired - In this
.pdf document, we learn that unlike sighted students, visually impaired students
need to rely upon non-visual feedback when learning to read. This article
provides examples of technologies that use both tactile (e.g., Braille) and
audio feedback to help visually impaired students learn to read. Anecdotes
of students who use these technologies are provided, along with a glossary
that defines a range of different assistive technologies. A list of additional
assistive technology resources is provided.
http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/library/vi/Profile3.pdf |
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| Reading/ Writing Skill Enhancement |
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Reading, Writing, and Videotapes - This article focuses on the
capacity of video to enhance a child's ability to learn to read. Several
different programs that are using video in this way are described.
http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/library/v&c/Profile9.pdf |
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Learning Independence Through Computers - The use of assistive technology in the creative
writing process is discussed in this article.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/bp/creativewriting.html |
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Quizzes with Speaking Dynamically ProŽ and Boardmaker - The process of administering quizzes using
Speaking Dynamically Pro and
Boardmaker is described in this article.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/bp/quizzes.html |
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Reading and Writing using Writing with Symbols 2000 - This article describes how Symbols
2000 can be used to enhance the reading and writing experiences of cognitively challenged students.
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/bp/reading.html |
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How to Intellipics Studio Slide Show & More - "Many students who struggle in school find
computer activities to be engaging and interesting when they might be "bored" and easily
distracted or distracting, otherwise. IntelliPics Studio is a multimedia authoring tool for
developing educational slide shows and activities. Slide shows can be used for a range of activities
for your students. These can vary from teaching a student how to sequence the letters in his or
her name, to story telling, to teaching difficult concepts like "on" and "under". A slide show
can be combined with an IntelliQuiz to have your student demonstrate their understanding
of a sequencing activity." (site)
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/bp/intellipics.html |
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Learning Strategies Using Kurzweil 3000 - "Kim Antonius of Bridges Canada presents an
overview of the features of Kurzweil 3000 and explains how students can use this software to
compensate for reading, writing, study and learning challenges. She illustrates how
these features support proven classroom learning strategies through four detailed case studies." (site)
http://www.setbc.org/setbc/conf/docs/ka01.html |
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