This public service announcement on "Video Description" is brought to you by the Family Center on Technology and Disability and Dicapta. Video description describes audio-narrated descriptions of the images in a program/video for viewers with blindness or low vision. For more information in Spanish about video description, please visit ...
En este vídeo, padres, maestros, terapeutas y especialistas de AT comparten sus perspectivas sobre la tecnología de asistencia y el proceso de evaluación. Estudiantes con una variedad de habilidades y necesidades especiales demuestran como articulos de tecnologia de asistencia (de baja, media y alta tecnología) pueden ayudarles. El video está...
ThinkCollege is a website designed for students transitioning from high school to college. Its purpose is to provide resources to prospective college students with cognitive or developmental disabilities. There are sections that discuss ways of finding an appropriate college program, techniques for being successful in college, and resources for...
Many of us take controlling our computers for granted. We use a keyboard and mouse, or maybe a trackpad to open files, send mail, draw pictures, or browse the web. Since different people have very different abilities and needs, the same mode of access does not work for everyone. Panther...
iReadWrite is an iPad App from TextHelp. It includes a subset of the features of their popular Read & Write software to support both reading and writing, and is a departure from their previous web apps in that it does not require either a wireless or cell phone connection to...
This is a very handy resource for anyone looking for free or low cost Apps that provide magnification for an iPhone or iPad. While the magnification Apps may be the most directly useful, the list also includes many Apps for professionals working in the vision field, individuals interested in learning...
Blogger Amanda Myers has been teaching at a hospital school for 25 years, where she has worked with children who have speech or physical disabilities. When she found out she could not pinpoint a reliable existing strategy to assess her non-verbal students’ reading levels, she set out to conduct research...
Los padres podrán identificar mejor las herramientas o dispositivos que mas pueden ayudar a sus hijos si aprenden acerca de las opciones disponibles de TA. Este recurso provee ejemplos visuales de una gama de productos para ayudar a los padres que están comenzando en la búsqueda de tecnología de asistencia....
The Family Information Guide to Assistive Technology and Transition Planning is designed to help families prepare for those times during which their child moves from one environment to another and from one developmental stage to another. The focus is on the role of assistive technology during those times. The guide...
En este video conoceremos a Marta, la madre de Isabel, una pequeña con limitaciones de aprendizaje y de motricidad fina. El video presenta las bases de la tecnología de asistencia (AT) y lleva a la audiencia a través de una reunión de IEP (Individualized Education Program- Programa Educativo indivualizado) en...
