Techology Solutios for Readig, Writig & Orgaizatio Sheila Simmos, Assistive Techology for Kasas
Sessio Roadmap Assistive techology devices ad supports Techology for readig Techology for writig Techology for orgaizatio Resources
Assistive Techology Assistive techology is defied as ay item, piece of equipmet, or product system that is used to icrease, maitai, or improve fuctioal capabilities of idividuals with disabilities. Uiversal desig or usability is icreasigly prioritized Rage of techology solutios withi ay area should be cosidered Idividual s comfort level with techology Activity requiremets Evirometal demads
Assistive Techology Categories Commo categories of assistive techology are: Positioig & mobility (scooters, wheelchairs, walkers Speech commuicatio (voice amplifiers, electroic speech) Hearig (sigalers for phoe, doorbell; hearig aids) Visio (scree magifiers, scree readers, video magifiers) Computers ad software Vehicle adaptatios (lifts, had cotrols) Home & office modificatios (ramps, ergoomic setups)
Assistive Techology for Kasas Lead agecy is the KU Lifespa Istitute at Parsos Each state ad territory has a Techology Act Program All statewide AT programs provide four core services (device borrowig, device demostratio, device refurbish ad reuse, fiacig activities) i additio to product iformatio, public awareess, ad traiig Statewide AT Expo, traiig workshops ATK Device Loa System Kasas has five AT Access Sites ad oe affiliate office
AT Access Sites & Affiliate 800-KAN DO IT 800-526-3648 Wester AT Access Site, NW Educatioal Service Ceter, Oakley SW Kasas sector, Ceter for Idepedet Livig of SW Kasas, 800-295-4122 North Cetral AT Access Site, OCCK, Salia South Cetral AT Access Site, SKIL, Wichita Northeast AT Access Site, Idepedece Ic., Lawrece SE AT Access Site, SKIL, Parsos Maagemet, Kasas Uiversity Ceter o Disabilities Parsos
Culiary Studet High school studet with average grades, great social skills, ad ureported difficulties with readig ad writig Recogized that her strategies of studyig with frieds, borrowig otes, ad collaboratig with learig parters o assigmets might ot be available to her i culiary school Cocered that the amout of time it took to read textbook assigmets would result i ot beig able to keep up Cocered that her writig skills without peer support would ot acceptable i post-secodary
Semiary Studet Seior i small high school with a Idividualized Educatio Pla (IEP) that idetified supports ad services for readig, writig, ad orgaizatio Peer ote-takig Graphic orgaizer & PDA Additioal time to take tests Talkig dictioary & calculator
AT for Readig Olie, digital text resources Project Guteberg provides educators with dowloadable digital books free of charge Bookshare similar service for copyrighted material Victor Reader Soft or ReadOutLoud Bookshare Versio text to speech applicatio for eligible studets Recordigs for the Blid ad Dyslexic library of books i audio books plus format (digital books o CD) AudioAccess members allowed to dowload audio textbooks ad literature directly to a Widowscompatible machie & played o MP3
AT for Readig Software WYNN Read & Write Gold Scree Readers Zoomtext JAWS Mac OS X VoiceOver Accessibility features of Microsoft Office
AT for Writig Portable ote takers AlphaSmart NEO 2, Daa The Writer ad Writer Fusio Netbooks (write, access iteret, coduct research, ca ru text to speech software) Voice activatio software Drago Dictate Naturally Speakig MacSpeech
AT for Writig Talkig word processors & word predictio/spellig tools Write Outloud Read & Write Gold Co:Writer Livescribe Pulse Pe USB software Read & Write Gold WiZoom
AT for Orgaizatio, Memory Digital devices for schedules, appoitmets, assigmets, exams, project deadlies Persoal Digital Assistats (PDA) Smartphoes (Blackberry, iphoe) ipod Touch Cocept mappig ad webs to support comprehesio ad plaig Ispiratio
Selected AT Solutios Culiary studet Read & Write Gold for assigmets & readig excerpts Allows for extra time for readig assigmets Livescribe pe importat for ew terms ad upload to her laptop Note-takig parter iphoe - assigmets Extra time for tests Semiary studet Ispiratio for orgaizig ad outliig writte
Resources Assistive Techology for Kasas (www.atk.ku.edu) 800 KAN DO IT (800-526-3648) Ceter for Applied Special Techology ( www.cast.org) Ceter for Implemetig Techology i Educatio (CITEd) (www.cited.org) Family Ceter o Techology ad Disability (fact sheets to CEU studies for educators) www.fctd.ifo/show/home LD Olie basic iformatio o AT
Questios Sheila Simmos ssimmos@ku.edu 620-421-8367 AT Access Sites 800 KAN DO IT (800-526-3648)