ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE GUIDE

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1. Contact Lens Page Fluffers
Functional Skill
Price- $
By gluing contact lens cases onto the edges of pages, this assists
students who may have difficulty with fine motor skills. Because of the
small indentation on the case, it makes it easier for students to
appropriately grasp and turn the pages with ease. In this picture as
well they added
pom poms to
soften the
edges.

2. Weighted Bowl (DIY)

Price- $
Functional Skill
Taking a small bowl with a lifted bottom, turn it over and place
pennies in the bottom of the bowl (however many will weigh it down.
Take glue and apply it to the bottom edges of the bowl. Take a large
plastic lid, apply glue to the center of the lid. Take lid and place it on
the bottom of the bowl, then turn bowl over. One the glue has dried,
this AT will be ready to use. This will assist students with any tremors,
motor skills, coordination and balance. This will eliminate or rather

contain any messes that may occur. This will also promote
independence while cooking or eating.

3. Foam Wedge Support

Price $-$$
Socialization/Support
By placing this wedge under a child, this will help a little one with
posture and support. Because now the childs hands are free, they are
able to manipulate toys and interact with others. This piece can also be
used in a seat to assist with support and keep hands free. This foam
wedge could be placed under a childs feet while playing with toys that
may be on a ledge (or a couch). Because of its softness (and
depending on size), this is easy to transport from place to place. This
can also be placed in a wheel chair, to help from sliding forward. This
can be placed on the ground during play time, or used in bed to
provide support. Used for various disabilities.

4. Coupon Holder Communication Board

Price-$
Communication
Teachers can use these pockets to design communication cards
and place them around the room in different areas so students can
effectively communicate with content based vocabulary (such as a play
area with toys, reading area with book titles, bathroom area, art area,
etc.). Because this is inexpensive and cards can be made cheaply, this
is a cost effective communication tool. This can be used with students
with autism, speech delays or impairments, and specific learning
disabilities.

5. Eye Gaze Frame

Price- $-$$
Communication
By using materials form the hardware store, a simple and
effective eye gaze chart can be made. Price depends on the size of the
frame you want to create. After the frame is set, attached Velcro so
picture cards can be put on with ease. To help the child, place no more
than two pictures on each end so eye gaze to what the child wants can
be easily followed. Eye gaze frames are used to help the child
communicate wants. Can be used for students with quadriplegia, on
ventilators, cerebral palsy, or stroke.

6. Pool Noodle Card Holder

Price $
Grasp
Start by taking a large pool noodle, and cutting into 1-2 inch
parts. After the ring is cut, make an incision in the top center, to hold
cards or papers. Only cut about of the way down. Before using, show
students how this can be used to hold cards, papers, and other
manipulatives. This is once again an assistive technology for students
who struggle with fine motor skills, or autism if it is a sensory issue.

7. Pencil Grips
Price $
Fine Motor Skills, Writing, Painting
To improve writing skills for students with disabilities, there are
many ways for educators to adapt pencil or writing utensil grips. Some
might be just a basic jelly pencil grip found in the school supply section
of a store. Or, teachers can use hair ties or rubber bands to create a
wrist to pencil stabilizer for students. The use of PVC pipes can also
come in handy for markers, paint brushes, or dabbers. You could also
use foam to create a pencil or writing utensil grip (such as a stylus for
iPad). This helps students with fine motor skills, sensory issues,
autism, and other various disabilities.

8. Braille Sense Plus

Price $$$
Visual Impairment, Deaf-Blindness
Braille Sense Plus is a note taker for those who are visually
impaired and turns information into braille. User can refresh
information, and there is a Braille dot keyboard for reading. This device
can also be plugged into a computer and will translate Internet, email,
writing email, and assists in composing word documents. It also has
the ability to play MP3s, DAISY books, and has a built in recorder.

9. Sonocent Audio Notetaker

$$$
Writing
Autism, emotional disturbance, specific learning disability
This audio notetaker is a software based program that turns
speech into text. This program allows the user to see the text that is
being heard, and is interactive to students can delete or add to it.
Students can highlight important phrases, break recording down into
sections, and can add images to text. Audio is also recorded and can
be sped up or slowed down. This application can be used on a
computer, phone or tablet. Students can also adjust font size and color.

10. Caption Mic

$$$
Deafness
This system has a speech recognition system that turns speech
into text as well. The microphone captures the speech, and turns it into
captions ona video monitor for the user. Caption Mics website has
example videos that show how the technology can be used.

11. Easy Cat Touch pad

Price $-$$
Orthopedic Impairment
Traumatic Brain Injury
This tool can be used for students that helps navigate computer
screens. This would be a replacement for a computer mouse. This pad
helps users point, click, double click, and drag text. This can also be
paired with a large font keyboard and also has arrow buttons. Users are
able to point and move hand around and it accurately reads their
movement.

12. Proloquo2Go-AAC
$$$
Autism
Developmental Delay
Intellectual disabilities
Speech or language impairment
TBI
This augmentative and alternative communication device assists
users in being able to communicate. This program uses text to speech,
includes 14,000 symbols, automatic conjunctions, vocabulary
organization, word prediction, and the ability to customize vocabulary
for users. There is the option for teacher or student control, and also
offers multiple voices. This is an app for the iPad or iPhone.

13. iPrompts App

$$
Autism
Developmental Delay
Speech/Language Impairment
This app provides a visual schedule for users. This assists in
transitioning and following a schedule or directions. On this app, the
user will be provided help for understanding upcoming events, making
choices, and focusing on the current task. This app can be used on
Android, iPhone, and iPad.

14. Freestyle Solo Keyboard

$$-$$$
Autism
Intellectual Disability
Multiple Disability
Orthopedic Impairment
TBI
This keyboard is adjustable and split in half to meet the users
needs. This device is adjustable and has accessories that can be
purchased separately. There are three ways to set up the keyboard to
best fit the needs of the user. There are insertable or removeable

padded palm supports. There are also features that include mouse
intense actions, and also 10 key low profile design to create a neutral
wrist posture. This system works with Linux, Mac and Windows.

15. Satalight
$$$
Autism
Emotional Disturbance
Orthopedic Impairment
TBI
Specific Learning Disability
Intellectual Disability
This piece of equipment is an interactive learning station.
Beneficial to those with physical disabilities or wheelchairs, this station

offers a multisensory stimulation and easy touch screen use. The board
is powered by SMART Board and can be moved up and down as well as
tilted at whatever angle is needed. This piece of assistive technology
assists students in becoming more engaged in learning as well as
providing a comfortable and adaptable surface to work on.

16. Breeze
$$$
Orthopedic Impairment
Breeze is a USB sip/puff switch that connects to laptops,
computers, and AAC devices. It provides a simulation of a mouse or
joystick . For certain applications, the sensitivity can be adjusted as
well as the pressure. This piece can also be used with the Origins
Headset and Goosneck products. This can also be used to power

speech generated devices, tables, environmental control systems, and

other devices that allow switch scanning.

17. ChinCheeka
$$$
Orthopedic Impairment
Used for students with orthopedic impairments, this allows
students to be able to scroll through options and make choices. This

device is wrapped around the neck, and with the movement of a head
roll, the user can make choices. This device also has an attachment
that can be connected to the arm if the neck/helmet piece is not
enough.

18. Eye-Pal Vision

$$$
Visual Impairment
The Eye-pal Vision is a magnifier for students with vision
impairments. This device plugs into a monitor or computer and
displays larger font text of whatever document the user is trying to
view. There is a motion detector that senses when a new page is
placed under. This device magnifies up to 14x. The user can also save
texts as different formats, it is hand motion activated, and is foldable
for
easy

transportation.

19. Accessibar
Free
Autism
Specific learning disability
Visual impairment
With Accessibar, users can enlarge text, have text read aloud,
short cut keys, restore page option, as well as many other settings.
Accessibar is an extension from and for Firefox. This toolbar provides
accessibility for Firefox users to be able to get the most out of their
Internet experience. Line spacing can also be adjusted using this
toolbar. With the text to speech, the user can set the volume, speed,

pitch, and voice range of the operating system. There is also an option
to hide images.
20. Dragon Diction
Free
Orthopedic Impairment
Visual Impairment
Dragon Diction is an app that can be used on the iPad or iPhone.
Through voice recognition, users can speak and the app with turn
speech into text easily. With a large screen, the user can see the text
on the screen to send either as a text or email message. This can help
students record in class lectures and notes to be able to see them as
text and refer to them later. This helps communication through text,
email, and social media. This app also recognizes multiple languages.
Users can also set reminders for themselves.