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Assistive Technology Presentation

Assistive Technology Presentation by Crystal Odom

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Assistive Technology Presentation

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  1. Assistive Technology Crystal Odom

  2. What is assistive technology? • Assistive technology is the use of any technological equipment, systems, devices, etc. that serve the purpose of helping a student with a specific learning disability to work around their disability and to enhance their ability to learn and understand (The Understood Team, 2014). • Assistive technology uses tangible tools that play on a student’s strengths to help them learn and communicate (The Understood Team, 2014).

  3. What are the laws and regulations that pertain to assistive technology? • “Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act - In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. The law applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology. Under Section 508 (29 U.S.C. ‘ 794d), agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others.” (http://www.ndrn.org/issues/assistive-technology/292-assistive-technology-federal-law-and-regulations.html) • “Assistive Technology Act of 1998 - The Assistive Technology Act establishes a grant program, administered by the U.S. Department of Education, to provide Federal funds to support State programs that address the assistive technology needs of individuals with disabilities.” (http://www.ndrn.org/issues/assistive-technology/292-assistive-technology-federal-law-and-regulations.html)

  4. What are some examples of assistive technology? • Hearing impaired students can use FM systems to better hear their teacher from a distance in the classroom. • Seeing impaired students can use braille embossing machines to create braille versions of documents or papers so that they can read along and do work with their classmates. • Learning impaired students can use audio players to listen aloud to a text that is being read. • Physically disabled students can use mouth sticks to do certain activities that other students would do with their hands.

  5. FM Systems: Assistive Technology for the Hearing Impaired • With an FM system, the teacher wears a microphone and the student wears a ear piece device that helps them to hear what the teacher is saying from a distance. (http://www.californiaearinstitute.com/hearing-device-center-listening-device-classroom-bay-area.php)

  6. Braille Embossers: Assistive Technology for the Seeing Impaired • Braille embossers turn text into hard copy braille that allows seeing impaired students the ability to read along with their classmates. (http://www.afb.org/info/living-with-vision-loss/using-technology/assistive-technology/123)

  7. Audio Players and Recorders: Assistive Technology for the Learning Disabled • Audio players and recorders can help students who struggle with reading by allowing them to listen to the words aloud as they read them on the page. Students can also use recorders to record what the teacher is saying in class to listen to later. (http://www.afb.org/info/living-with-vision-loss/using-technology/assistive-technology/123)

  8. Mouth Sticks: Assistive Technology for the Physically Disabled • Mouth sticks are devices that allow users to control input through a stick that they manipulate with their mouth. (http://www.gmc-uk.org/accessibility/assistive_technologies/physical_impairments.asp)

  9. References • The Understood Team. (2014, June 1). Assistive Technology: Tools That Help With Learning. Retrieved from http://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/assistive-technology/assistive-technologies-basics/assistive-technology-tools-that-help-with-learning • Assistive Technology: Federal Law and Regulations. Retrieved from http://www.ndrn.org/issues/assistive-technology/292-assistive-technology-federal-law-and-regulations.html • Classroom Assistive Learning Devices. Retrieved from http://www.californiaearinstitute.com/hearing-device-center-listening-device-classroom-bay-area.php • Assistive Technology. Retrieved from http://www.afb.org/info/living-with-vision-loss/using-technology/assistive-technology/123

  10. References • Morin, Amanda. (2014, June 07). Eight Examples of Assistive Technology and Adaptive Tools. Retrieved from http://www.afb.org/info/living-with-vision-loss/using-technology/assistive-technology/123 • Assistive Technology for People with Physical Impairments. Retrieved from http://www.gmc-uk.org/accessibility/assistive_technologies/physical_impairments.asp

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