Joint class project to define and overview assistive technology

1. What is AT? AT “ is really a concept, a perspective as it were, that leads one down the road to making practical decisions about specific devices, services, and adaptations that can be used by the people with disabilities, their advocates, and their family members to make independence possible” (Bryant3).

3. The seven different categories of Assistive Technology Devices Positioning, Instructional Aids, Adaptive Environments, Adaptive Toys and Games, Computer Access and Mobility

4. Positioning

5. Positioning Or just catching some air

6. Instructional Aids Alpha Smart Interwrite pad Software Smartboard

7. Adaptive Environments

8. Adaptive toys and games

9. Computer Access Read Please is a free download which will read text off of your computer screen. Magnification devices may be as complex as this one or as simple as opening the one currently on your computer. Touch screens can help the student interact with programs.

10. Augmentative and Alternative Communication

11. Mobility

12. Mobility Shall we dance? Video

13. Training

22. Occupational Therapy Devices

24. Adaptive Writing Devices

26. Sensory Stimulation Equipment

27. Adaptive Chair

29. Weighted Vest

30. Adapted Scissors

34. Sensory Seat Cushion

35. Slant Boards for Visual Impairments