Assistive technology

Assistive technology

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  Assistive Technology By: Laura Prater
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  What is AssistiveTechnology?  Assistive Technology (AT) is any device or service that helps students with disabilities meet their IEP goals and reach their highest potential participating in the general classroom setting (The Iris Center Assistive Technology Module).
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  What does thelaw say about Assistive Technology?  The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA ’04) defines an assistive technology device as “any item, piece of equipment, or product system, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child and specifically excludes a medical device that is surgically implanted or the replacement of such device” (e.g., a cochlear implant) (The Iris Center Assistive Technology Module).
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  Assistive Technology for hearingimpaired  A new hearing aid developed and tested by The HEARING Cooperative Research Centre, University of Melbourne, and NAL that will allow users to hear better in large crowds by tuning into the person they are talking to while reducing background noise (NCATP, 2013).
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  Assistive Technology forseeing impaired  Refreshable Braille display works with a software program that translates text from the computer screen to Braille (New York State Commission for the Blind).
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  Assistive Technology for learningdisabled  The Merriam Webster Speaking Dictionary & Thesaurus improves vocabulary acquisition, English grammar, and spelling (The University of Texas at Austin Learning Technology Center).
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  Assistive Technology for physicallydisabled  A walker allows a student with a physical disability to move freely by providing extra balance (Assistive Technology for the Physically Challenged, 2013).
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  References Assistive Technology forthe Physically Challenged. (2013, March 23). Low tech Assistive Technologies. Retrieved from http://lowmediumhightechnology.blogspot.com/2013/03/low-tech-assistive- technologies.html NCATP. (2013). New technology to help hearing impaired. The Assistive Technology Daily. Retrieved from http://attraining.org/atdaily/2013/10/22/new-technology-to-help-hearing-impaired-herald-sun/ New York State Commission for the Blind. Assistive Technology. Retrieved from http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/cb/assistivetech.asp The Iris Center. Assistive Technology Module. retrieved from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/#content The University of Texas at Austin. Learning Technology Center: Assistive and Instructional Technology Lab. Classroom Assistive Technology Devices. Retrieved from http://www.edb.utexas.edu/atlab/Labinventory/Classroom/classroom-ld-writing.php