In this PowerPoint Presentation, which accompanies the webinar, I Can Read That! AT Supports for Struggling Readers , Diana Ree-Reeder demonstrates various built-in accessibility supports in mobile devices to support struggling readers. These include a free screen reader, as well as the settings...
In this session with Diana Ree-Reeder, participants learned how to use the built-in accessibility supports in their mobile devices to support struggling readers, a free screen reader, as well as how to adjust settings in three library apps: Google Play Books, Kindle App, and Libby/Overdrive so that readers can confidently...
Students with hearing disabilities face unique challenges inside the classroom. Many common learning modes that people take for granted — lectures, discussion groups, and even one-on-one conversations — can be a struggle for those who have any level of hearing difficulty. However, today’s wide range of tools, devices, and systems...
This website is the result of a joint project between Perkins School for the Blind and Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI). By combining their resources and expertise, they hope to assist educators and families provide literacy experiences for children who are blind or visually impaired. The...
This website by Pat Andrews, and is designed for Special Education teachers. It features ideas, tools, and printable materials that can aid in the teaching of autistic students, according to ability or area of learning. https://www.tinsnips.org/
The School Library Journal writes about how Makerspaces and hacking different objects to make them accessible for people with disabilities is teaching empowerment and a love of learning, for all students. It also describes certain places in the community that these movements are taking place, and what the future looks...
The Adaptech Research Network has developed a number of resources that may be helpful to educators and caregivers/family members alike, with an extensive database with links to free and inexpensive adaptive technology, that includes a set of demonstration videos highlighting the capabilities of some of these tools.
This webinar with PACER's Tara Bruss and Sarah Giffen-Hunter is the last in a 3-part series, and covers strategies for boosting one’s focus. Managing one’s focus and attention can be challenging for students of all ages, and yet often crucial for academic success. Topics discussed include timers that support focus,...
This webinar is the second of a 3-part series focusing on study skills by CTD and the PACER Center. Learning for students can be enhanced with tools that engage them with information in a multisensory manner, a combination of 2 or more senses such as visual, auditory, vestibular (movement), or...
This article describes assistive technologies that can be introduced to children with dyslexia or other disability which would cause reading difficulties. The technologies listed can help with word recognition, fluency, or comprehension. https://literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2016/04/15/
