Assistive Technology

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Assistive Technology
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What is Assistive Technology

• Assistive technologies
• are specialized products that level the playing
  field by overcoming an impairment or deficit to
  make it possible to be successful and
  independent.
• (Roblyer Duering, 2013, p. 18)

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Laws Dealing with Assistive Technology

• Technology-Related Assistance Act for Individuals
  with Disabilities
• This is a federal law that provides funding to
  states so that they can set up programs to
  provide assistive technology to students.
• (Roblyer Duering, 2013)
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• This is a federal law that requires schools to
  discuss the possible benefits of assistive
  technology for all students who have an IEP.
• (Roblyer Duering, 2013)

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Assistive Technology for the Hearing Impaired

• FM Systems
• According to the California Ear Institute, these
  devices aid students who have difficulties
  hearing. The teacher wears a transmitter with a
  microphone, or places it near an audio source.
  The student wears a receiver that picks up the
  signal from the teachers transmitter. The
  students receiver amplifies the voice of the
  teacher so that the student can hear.
• (Classroom Assistive Listening Devices, 2013)

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Assistive Technology for the Seeing Impaired

• MagniLink Zip
• The MagniLink Zip is an assistive device for
  students who have low vision. This device
  enlarges images placed under the the magnifier.
  It automatically focuses the image and the
  student can zoom in so that the material can be
  read.
• (Low Vision-MagniLink Zip, 2010)

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Assistive Technology for the Learning Disabled

• Readingpen 2
• The Readingpen 2 is an assistive technology
  device for the learning disabled. This device
  assists students who have difficulties reading by
  allowing them to scan the text with the pen. The
  pen will read the material to the student, and
  even provide definitions for unfamiliar words.
• (Readingpen 2, 2013)

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Assistive Technology for the Physically Disabled

• BigKeys TM
• The BigKeysTM Keyboard is designed to assist
  students that have a physical disability that
  prevents them from being able to press the keys
  on a standard keyboard. The keys on this keyboard
  are one inch square, and can be in the QWERTY
  format or or alphabetical order.
• (BigKeys, 2013)

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References

• BigKeys. (2014). Ablenet. Retrieved March 22,
  2014. from http//ablenetinc.com/
• Assistive-Technology/Computer-Access/Bi
  gKeys-Keyboards
• Classroom Assistive Listening Devices. (2013).
  California Ear Institute. Retrieved
• March 22, 2014. from http//www.californ
  iaearinstitute.com/hearing-device-
• classroom-bay-area.php
• Low Vision-MagniLink Zip. (2010). Vision Cue.
  Retrieved March 22, 2014. from http//
• www.visioncue.com/low-vision/magnilink-z
  ip.html
• Personal Communication Devices and FM Systems
  (n.d.). In Accessolutions for the
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Retrieved
  March 22, 2014. from http//
• www.hafcofamerica.com/adfm.htm

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• Readingpen 2. (2013). Wizcomtech. Retrieved March
  22, 2014. from http//
• www.wizcomtech.com/eng/catalog/platforms
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• Roblyer, M. Doering, A. (2013). Integrating
  Educational Technology into Teaching.
• Upper Saddle River, NJ Pearson
  Education.