Examples of Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology may include any of the following:
Motor Aspects of Writing
- Adapted tool grips
- Stabilize materials with non-slip material
- Slantboard
- Stamps
- Raised lined paper
- Wrist weight
- Dictation software
- Sticky notes for fill-in-the-blank answers
- Drop Down menus in WORD documents
Reading
- Book holder/easel
- Enlarged text
- Color Overlays
- Thesaurus
- Dictionary
- Books on tape
- E Texts
- Screen readers
- Picture Symbols
- Highlighter tape
Mobility
- gait trainer
- stander
- walkers
- braces
- canes
- wheelchairs
Vision
- Screen Magnifiers
- Screen magnification software
- Enlarged text
- Braille
- Handheld magnifiers
Computer Access
- Keyguard
- Mini mouse
- Touch screen
- Trackball
- Alternate keyboard
- Switch interface
- Speech to text software
- Text to speech software
- picture software
Study and Learning
- Picture Schedules
- Post-it notes
- Highlighter tape
- PDA
- Outlining/organizing programs
- Handheld recorders
- Visual timers
Daily Living
- Adapted eating and drinking utensils
- Adapted personal hygiene tools
- Switch operated cooking devices (ex-pouring, blender, etc)
- Picture task analysis for chores
- Switch adapted toys
- Environmental control units
- Adapted swings
- Adapted tricycle
Hearing
- Classroom amplification system
- Personal amplification system
- Captioning
- TTY
Written Composition
- Word cards
- Handheld spell checker
- Sentence Strips
- Tape recorder
- Voice Recognition software
- Talking Word Processor
- Graphic Organizing software
- Microsoft Word accessibility features
Communication
- Eye Gaze board
- Object communication boards
- Single message voice output device
- Multi-message voice output device
- Voice output with multiple levels
- Voice output with dynamic display
Seating/Positioning
- Non-slip surface on chair to prevent slipping
- Bolster, rolled towel, blocks for feet
- Adapted/alternate chair, sidelyer, stander
- Custom fitted wheelchair or insert
Math
- Counters/manipulatives
- Flash cards
- Rubber stamps for numbers/graphs
- Calculator
- Talking calculator
- Math software
- Graph paper to organize math problems
- Recorded word problems
- Computer calculator
- Math fact sheets