Adaptive and assistive technologies are crucial in providing educational support to children with disabilities by enhancing their functional capabilities. These technologies, ranging from commercially available items to customized products, include tools like buses, elevators, headphones, and wheelchairs, all of which facilitate students'
Definition: "any item, piece of equipment, or product system. acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability."
Definition: "refers to special versions
of already existing technologies or tools
that provide enhancements or different
ways of interacting with the technology."
Adaptive and Assisstive Technology
Assisstive Technology
Elevator
Helps students get form class to class if they are unable to go up and down stairs.
Wheelchairs
Help a student get around the school and the classroom.
Headphones
Allows for students to hear a lesson for the day.
Busses
Helps students get to and from school, in case if they do not have a specific car to fit their need.
Similarities
Allows everyone to be at their best in school
Help people surpass their limitations
Adaptive Technology
Videotaped Social Skills
Can show students a better example of what a good
social skills may be.
Talking Calculators
Students can calculate math problems with little
problems and can help them stay on track in class.
Closed Captioning
Allows for everyone to follow along while watching a video
in class
Books in Braille
Helps a student read a lesson for the day
Differences
The other is a special version of the equipment, or special
type of software for the product.
One is an actual piece of equipment, that gives a person the
opportunity to experience something.
