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Welcome
Technology Specialist!
Special
Education Technology Specialists evaluate students with disabilities and
help them become more productive and independent by using appropriate technology.
Also, Technology Specialists provide telephone and classroom technology support,
train teaching staff and students in the proper use of assistive technology
and recommend software and specific devices or equipment that may
assist in accommodating students with disabilities. (Description
from National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education)
Technology Specialist
Resources:
Abledata
Sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilition Research
for the U.S. Department of Education, this is a valuable resource for
information on assistive technology.
Ability Hub
This Web site will direct the viewer to adaptive equipment and alternative
methods available for accessing computers.
Center for Information Technology
Accomodation
The Government Services Administration (GSA) site with links to several
organizations which includes how-to's on designing Web sites for accessibility
for people with disabilities.
Archimedes Project
A project which aims to improve access to
information for individuals with disabilities by influencing the early design
stages of tomorrow's technology.
Assistive
Technologies
A company which provides
innovative solutions to help people with learning, communication,
and access difficulties lead more independent and productive lives.
Assistive
Technology for Students with Mild Disabilities
This is an ERIC Digest which outlines the use of assistive
technology in the classroom.
Assistive
Technology for the Blind
This Web site is primarily a resource for the visually impaired but
does offer other assistive technology links.
Comparision
of Three Typing Software Programs: Mavie Beacon, Type to Learn &
Ultrakey
A comprehensive look at three popular software programs and
their usefulness in teaching keyboarding to students with learning
disabilities.
Illinois
Assistive Technology Project
Training, advocacy and funding related to assistive technology which
includes publications, technotes, techtalk, and legislative
information.
Infinitec
Infinitec Inc. is a U.S.
non-profit corporation formed to help people with disabilities and
their families access life-enhancing technology.
NetDay
News
An educational technology newsletter which features articles on
assistive technology and the impact of technology on the special
needs population.
SUITE
A Norwegian project targeting the field of assistive IT
devices concerning communication, mobility and environmental control with
special interest in children and adults with physical disabilities and/or brain
damages.
TechACCESS
This is Rhode Island's central information, referral, and demonstration center
for assistive technology, offering technology solutions for people with
disabilities.
Trace Research and Development Center
information on disability access to communication, computers and next generation
information systems.
Vermont Assistive Technology Project
The Vermont Assistive Technology Project is to effect systems change to insure
the integration of Assistive Technology within all services to Vermonter's with
disabilities.
Washington Assistive Technology
The Washington Assistive Technology Alliance (WATA) is a consumer advocacy
network that includes the University of
Washington Center for Technology and Disability Studies (UWCTDS), and the AT
Resource Center at Easter Seal Society in Spokane (EATRC).
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boards,
associations or other resources for Technology Specialists.
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