Assisitve Technology-What is it?

Assistive technology 101

http://www.ldonline.org/article/Assistive_Technology_101

Assistive Technology: Writing

 http://www.readingrockets.org/article/33078/

http://www.ldonline.org/article/12769

http://www.adlit.org/article/33078/

http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ832683.pdf

http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED493596.pdf






When looking at introducing technology into your classroom or home you may want to consider careful research about what to look for. Below is a link that will help you with this process.

• Consumer Tips for Evaluating Assistive Technology Products

The following site gives suggestions when you put in the profile of your student.

http://www.closingthegap.com/solutions/search/

This video will help you navigate the Closing the Gap website

A success story on how Assistive Technology can help students:

http://www.ldonline.org/article/What_Happens_When_Students_Use_Text-to-Speech_and_Word_Predict_Programs_to_Compose_Text%3F

For those of you with older computers there are some other programs listed in the article in the link below:
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ795374.pdf