EDUC 477:

Assistive Technology/Universal Design for the General Classroom Settings

Author: Adikie Davidson

  1. What are assistive technology services?- http://disabilities.temple.edu/programs/assistive/piat.htm
  2. Name 3 assistive technology services provided under 1997 IDEA Amendments.- http://www.jigsawhelper.net/specialeducation/laws.html
  3. What is the Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 - (Tech Act P.L. 100-407)? - http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Foundation/Laws/atlegislation.php#Tech
  4. How can assistive technology be used in schools?- http://wata.org/pubs/brochures/broch-pu.htm#what
  5. Name 1 low tech technology tool for reading and 1 low tech technology tool for math.- http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/evaluation.pdf - Look on page 3.

Answers submitted by Author: Rori Scherr

  1. Assistive technology services are “any services that directly assist an individual with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.” It may include adapting a toy so that a child with disabilities can use it, or teaching someone to use a Braille note-taking tool.
  2. 1) Selecting, designing, fitting, customizing, adapting, applying, maintaining, repairing, or replacing of assistive technology devices
    2) Coordinating and using other therapies, interventions, or services with existing education and rehabilitation plains and programs.
    3) Training or technical assistance for such child, or, where appropriate, the family of such child.
  3. The Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 (The Tech Act) provided federal funds to states to develop training and delivery systems for assistive technology devices and services. It required states and territories to develop statewide, consumer-responsive programs of technology-related services for individuals with disabilities of all ages.
  4. All students with disabilities can benefit from assistive technology. Some students could not even get into the classroom without assistive technology. For example, a student might need a ramp to get into an inaccessible building. Other students have difficulty speaking without assistive technology, so they would need to use communication devices to talk with teachers or fellow students.
  5. My browser would not let load this page. However, I used the WATI publication from the the Week 1 reading list, and found that a low-tech technology tool for math would be an enlarged math worksheet and a high-tech tool would be a talking clock.