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This session will focus on the knowledge and skill needed by assistive technology decision makers supporting students with complex needs, in order to consider, introduce, and teach use of specialized equipment that will allow these students to participate and achieve. The presenters will share what powered systems are currently available and how the programmable electronics and hardware integrate with augmentative systems and computer access, including how we can teach more efficient scanning, mouse emulation, and directed or direct selection with on-screen keyboarding, using case studies.
These apps for people with disabilities make it easier for individuals to navigate the world around them in a more convenient and accessible way.
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I'm amazed at the ways iPads can be used to improve access to the world!
The option of iOS 8 predictive keyboard and 3rd Party Keyboard apps provides additional support to writers with larger keys, more customization and word prediction integrated into the standard iOS 8 keyboard. This brings another level of support to struggling writers using iDevices with iOS8 and changes access to many other apps. Assistiveware, developers of Keedogo…
A mix of free and paid mobile and web calculator apps that support assistive technology and accessibility features for low vision/nonvisual access
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Wearable Technology also referred to as wearable tech or wearables, is the devices or sensors that can be worn on or embedded in our body to perform a specific task or function. These are the type of assistive technology (AT) that is fast-changing with time in terms of size, battery.
While I don't agree with using apps purely to distract or to keep a baby busy, I do think some apps have therapeutic value for babies. Ba...
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TapToTalk Cost: FREE ($179.95 for a lifetime subscription to TapToTalk Designer) Read the Review: iTunes Review Description: Perfect for iPhone, iTouch, iPad, Android, Kindle, Nook, PC or Mac, Blackberry or Nintendo DS (WOW!), TTT (TapToTalk) is the ultimate Augmentative and Alternative communication (AAC) app. Upon opening TTT you can browse the starter album which offers pictures and text […]
Google’s Chromebook is typically cheaper than other laptops, but will it work for you? Our tech expert tells you how to decide if you should switch from your Mac or Windows laptop to a Chromebook.
Create a social story with Pictello and make Bluebee Pal the reader of the story! Pictello is a versatile app that can be used to create stories with using photos, short video clips and text.
My vision changes based on different factors, here are my tips to manage fluctuating eyesight with assistive technology and disability accommodations
We asked Joan L. Green, a speech-language pathologist in Potomac and the author of “The Ultimate Guide to Assistive Technology in Special Education,” to share some of her favorite iPad apps for kids...
Fun typing tutor built from the ground up to be accessible to blind and visually impaired students right in the browser.
advertisement Photo: Roy Allela Twenty-five-year-old Kenyan engineer and innovator, Roy Allela, has created a set of gloves that will ultimately allow better communication between those who are deaf and those who are hearing yet may not necessarily know sign language. The Sign-IO gloves in essence translate signed hand movements into audible speech. Allela’s gloves […]
This is a story meant to be a beacon of hope and inspiration for the minority women in speech-language pathology who find themselves struggling with a sense of belonging in their field. It follows the autobiographical accounts of Barbara Fernandes, an adult immigrant to the US, as she embarks on her journey as a CSD student learning both English and Spanish.
