Type of AT
A system of touch reading and writing for blind individuals.
Braille
The need for assistive technology must be considered at every student's meeting.
IEP
Assistive Technology is only used by students who have physical disabilities.
False- Students with a learning disability, intellectual disability, and/or health impairment may benefit from assistive technology.
This category of assistive devices for people with disabilities includes a wide variety of items that make it easier to navigate your physical environment.
Mobility Assistive Technology
What types of PD/OHI are Augmentative and Alternative Communications (AAC) used for?
Limited or no language ability
School districts are to provide (fund) Assistive Technology if it is part of the student's IEP.
Required
Parents pay for the assistive technology their children use in school.
False - School systems pay for general special education learning materials as well as technology specified in an IEP.
A term that is used for assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and the elderly.
Assistive Technology
What are the two types of assistive mobility devices that we focused on?
Wheelchair and Sip & Puff Devices
Communication is a process, which can include speech, vocalizations, gestures, facial expressions, as well as a variety of electronic (high-tech) and non-electronic (low-tech) assistive technology.
Multimodal
There is only one use for eye gaze technologies: communication.
False
Having limited strength, vitality or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment.
Other Health Impairments (OHI)
What type of technology recognizes characters and pictures in text documents and turns them into speech?
OCR-based technology (optical character recognition)
Voice Dream Reader is an example of a app that can translate text into spoken words and has bookmarking, note-taking, and a built-in dictionary.
Text-to-speech/ speech-to-text
Pencil holders are a type of Assistive Technology.
True
Used to alleviate impairments associated with disabilities such as, distraction, memory loss, ability to organize, language, and task completion.
Cognitive Assistive Technology
What are some examples of eye gaze devices?
Tobii Dynavox, Eyegaze Edge, and I-Series Gaze Software
includes all forms of communication (other than oral speech) that are used to express thoughts, needs, wants, and ideas.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Word prediction software only assists learners with dyslexia to write and/or form sentences.
False - dyslexia, language disabilities, and other learning disabilities.
Disability that affects movement ranging from gross motor skills to fine motor skills.
Mobility Impairment