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Click on the
picture below for more information on that piece of assistive learning hardware
or software. Click on the links in the table below the description to go
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Boardmaker is a graphics database containing over 3,000 Picture Communication Symbols (from PCS Books I, II, & III) in bitmapped clip art form.
An Effective Communication Device, Assists in Language Development, Can Be Used As a Teaching Tool and It's Easy To Use, Too!
Co:Writer 4000 adds word prediction, grammar and vocabulary support capabilities to any word processor or email program. The result? Students with disabilities produce quality, content-rich sentences that exceed the expectations of teachers, parents and…. even themselves.
IntelliKeys is a programmable alternative keyboard that plugs into any Macintosh or Windows computer. It enables students with physical, visual, or cognitive disabilities to easily type, enter numbers, navigate on-screen displays, and execute menu commands.
Joystick-To-Mouse is a Windows software program that allows any joystick to point & click just like a mouse. Joystick-To-Mouse allows the joystick to position the mouse cursor and enables the joystick buttons to operate as mouse buttons. Joystick-To-Mouse has been widely acclaimed in the Assistive Technology community because it provides computer access and control via joystick to physically challenged users on a Windows platform. Joystick-To-Mouse has been widely accepted by children, recreational users, and other users who prefer the joystick over the mouse or trackball.
Magic Touch can help young children and exceptional children to start learning how to use computer without the difficulty of using the mouse. Write:OutLoud is the easy-to-use word processor that gives immediate speech feedback as students type words, sentences and paragraphs. As students draft their writing, they see and hear if their writing makes sense and if it is what they wanted to say.
Boardmaker is a graphics database containing over 3,000 Picture Communication Symbols (from PCS Books I, II, & III) in bitmapped clip art form.
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Accessibility Wizard:
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Office 2000(Many
accessibility features are also built right into the Office 2000
suite. These features are available to all users, without the need
for additional aids.)
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Windows XP
Professional Accessibility Information
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Assistive Learning Links:
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SPIRIT:
(Special Education Pilot for Inclusion in Regular InTech Training) Valdosta
State University
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GPAT: You must visit this
link!!
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The Assistive
Technology Training Online Project (ATTO)
provides information on AT applications that help students with disabilities
learn in elementary classrooms.
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DATI:
focuses on improving public awareness, public access to information, funding
for assistive technology devices and services, training and technical
assistance, and coordination of statewide activities.
- Project Wins: Project WINS is
charged with building the capacity of Georgia Schools to educate an
increasingly diverse population of students, including those with significant
disabilities in general education classrooms and settings.
- Georgia
Developmental Disabilities: The Council is charged with creating systems
change for people with developmental disabilities and their families to:
Increase independence, inclusion, integration, and productivity for people
with disabilities through such activities as public policy research, analysis,
and reform, project demonstrations, and education and training.
- Council for Exceptional Children:
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest
international professional organization dedicated to improving educational
outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities,
and/or the gifted.
- Universal Access: The Trace
Center is currently working on ways to make standard information technologies
and telecommunications systems more accessible and usable by people with
disabilities.
- AAATE:
- RESNA: RESNA is an interdisciplinary
association of people with a common interest in technology and disability. Our
purpose is to improve the potential of people with disabilities to achieve
their goals through the use of technology.
- Lekotek of Georgia: Since 1984,
Lekotek of GA has provided unique services to over 3,000 children and 10,000
family members. (Thanks, Rowena)
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This page was
last updated on
06/27/2003
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