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Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology. Holly Hemminger~ Amanda Vargo ~ Mallory Coleman. What is assistive technology?. Any service that directly assists an individual with a disability in the selection, acquisition or use of an assistive technology device

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Assistive Technology

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  1. Assistive Technology Holly Hemminger~ Amanda Vargo~ Mallory Coleman

  2. What is assistive technology? • Any service that directly assists an individual with a disability in the selection, acquisition or use of an assistive technology device • ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY: WHAT EVERY SCHOOL LEADER SHOULD KNOW:ALLEN DYAL, LAURA BOWDEN CARPENTER, JAMES V .WRIGHT Auburn University Montgomery

  3. What is it good for? • Children who have trouble with math equations: let them use the computer : Math Pad or Math Pad Plus • Children who have trouble seeing:usecameras and scanners to enhance and enlarge images to a screen • Children who have trouble with comprehension: inspiration

  4. Cont. • Higher vision problems: Braille translators • Hearing problems: hearing aids • Autism: The Hoty Story

  5. Tongue Drive System

  6. Steven Hawking “When one’s expectations are reduced to zero one really appreciates everything one does have.” – Steven Hawkings

  7. Assistive Technology Works Cited Dyal, Allen, Laura Bowden Carpenter, and James V. Wright. "ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY: WHAT EVERY SCHOOL LEADER SHOULD KNOW." Education 129.3 (2009): 556-560. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 20 Mar. 2011. "Library." ThinkQuest. 20 Mar. 2011 http://www.thinkquest.org/library/. Netherton, David L., and Walter F. Deal. "Assistive Technology in the Classroom." Technology Teacher 66.1 (2006): 10-15. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 20 Mar. 2011. Puckett, Kathleen. "An Assistive Technology Toolkit: Type II Applications for Students with Mild Disabilities." Computers in the Schools 22.3/4 (2005): 107-117. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 20 Mar. 2011 Sharon Lynch, et al. "Assistive Technology: Supporting Learners in Inclusive Classrooms." Kappa Delta Pi Record 45.4 (2009): 172-175. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 20 Mar. 2011. "Library." ThinkQuest. 20 Mar. 2011 http://www.thinkquest.org/library/. 13, Posted September. "GT | Newsroom - Tongue Drive System Selected as 2010 Da Vinci Awards Finalist." Georgia Institute of Technology. Web. 20 Mar. 2011. <http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=60941>.

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