Assistive Technology By: Maeghan Whitmire

Explanation

• Assistive Technology (AT) is “any device or service that increases, maintains, or improves the functional performance of an individual with a disability.” (module 4)

Information on the law

• The law says any child needing an AT device, should receive it for a more successful education experience.

• For more information on all the laws that have to do with Assistive Technology click below • AT Laws

Types of DevicesHearing, Visual, Learning, and Physical

Hearing Impaired

• Device: FM System• Purpose: to send louder sounds to a hearing impaired

individual• How it works: The classroom teacher wears a tiny

microphone and the student wears the receiver.

FM System

Visually Impaired

• Device: Braille Embossers • Purpose: to print out a document into Braille• How it works: A person may scan a document or type a

document themselves. The Embosser, then, prints the document out into Braille for the student to be able to read.

Braille Embosser

Learning Disabled

• Device: Audio Books and Publications • Purpose: to have the student be able to listen to the

desired text instead of reading it themselves• How it works: People record certain books and/or

publications and publish them for others to use, especially in an education setting. Students can then listen on a cd, IPod, or computer with headphones to the text they wish to read.

Audio Books and Publications

Physically Disabled

• Device: Curb Cuts• Purpose: to make getting from the road to the sidewalk

easier • How it works: They act as “bridges” between the road

and the sidewalk, making it easily accessible for children in wheelchairs.

Curb Cuts

References

• Assistive Technology Laws. (2015, January 1). Retrieved from http://www.fctd.info/resources/techlaws.php

• The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements. (2010). Assistive Technology: An Overview. Retrieved on [January, 24, 2015] from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/

• Nakate, S. (2011, October 10). Assistive Technology for the Physically Disabled. Retrieved from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/assistive-technology-for-physically-disabled.html

• NIDCD Information Clearinghouse. (2011, December 1). Assistive Devices for People with Hearing, Voice, Speech, or Langugae Disorders. Retrieved from NIH

• Stanberry, K., Raskind, M. (2010, February 1). Audio Books & Publications. Retrieved fromhttp://www.greatschools.org/special-education/assistive-technology/954-audio-books-publications.gs

• Types of Assistive Technology Products. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.microsoft.com/enable/at/types.aspx