1. Assistive Technology By: Maeghan Whitmire

2. Explanation Assistive Technology (AT) is “any device or service that increases, maintains, or improves the functional performance of an individual with a disability.” (module 4)

3. Information on the law The law says any child needing an AT device, should receive it for a more successful education experience. For more information on all the laws that have to do with Assistive Technology click below AT Laws

4. Types of Devices Hearing, Visual, Learning, and Physical

5. Hearing Impaired Device: FM System Purpose: to send louder sounds to a hearing impaired individual How it works: The classroom teacher wears a tiny microphone and the student wears the receiver.

6. FM System

7. Visually Impaired Device: Braille Embossers Purpose: to print out a document into Braille How it works: A person may scan a document or type a document themselves. The Embosser, then, prints the document out into Braille for the student to be able to read.

8. Braille Embosser

9. Learning Disabled Device: Audio Books and Publications Purpose: to have the student be able to listen to the desired text instead of reading it themselves How it works: People record certain books and/or publications and publish them for others to use, especially in an education setting. Students can then listen on a cd, IPod, or computer with headphones to the text they wish to read.

10. Audio Books and Publications

11. Physically Disabled Device: Curb Cuts Purpose: to make getting from the road to the sidewalk easier How it works: They act as “bridges” between the road and the sidewalk, making it easily accessible for children in wheelchairs.

12. Curb Cuts

13. References Assistive Technology Laws. (2015, January 1). Retrieved from http://www.fctd.info/resources/techlaws.phphttp://www.fctd.info/resources/techlaws.php The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements. (2010). Assistive Technology: An Overview. Retrieved on [January, 24, 2015] from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/ Nakate, S. (2011, October 10). Assistive Technology for the Physically Disabled. Retrieved from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/assistive-technology-for-physically-disabled.htmlhttp://www.buzzle.com/articles/assistive-technology-for-physically-disabled.html NIDCD Information Clearinghouse. (2011, December 1). Assistive Devices for People with Hearing, Voice, Speech, or Langugae Disorders. Retrieved from NIH Stanberry, K., Raskind, M. (2010, February 1). Audio Books & Publications. Retrieved from http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/assistive-technology/954-audio-books-publications.gs http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/assistive-technology/954-audio-books-publications.gs Types of Assistive Technology Products. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.microsoft.com/enable/at/types.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/enable/at/types.aspx