Assistive Technology

Assistive technology (AT) is a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. AT promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to or changed methods of interacting with the technology needed to accomplish such tasks.

The following website gives information about what exactly Assistive Technology is. It is the site for AccessIT, which is also known as The National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education. AccessIt believes that access to information technology is vital to people with disabilities to enable them the oportunity to participate in today's technology full world. You can learn a great deal of information on this website not only about AccessIT, but also resources available through AccessIT, examples of accessible information technology in education, resources available, who can benefit from AccessIT, and staff and collabrators.

Go check it out at: http://www.washington.edu/accessit/articles?109


Tobii Assistive Technology, Inc. (Tobii ATI) is a premier developer of innovative hardware and software solutions for people with disabilities. The company is located in Boston, Massachusetts. Its close proximity to many of the nation's top teaching hospitals and education institutions helps foster close research and testing relationships with several of these facilities.

Tobii ATI has released a range of new alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) solutions that help individuals with speech impairments communicate. You can check out the entire website at http://www.assistivetech.com/corporate/apout_tobii/company.aspx


Education World is a website that contains a vast variety of amount of information about how assistive technology can be used in the classroom. This site contains lesson planning ieas on how to incorporate AT into the classroom, professional development ideas, technology intergration, and school issues. It also offers information ranging from gifted and talented to severe and multiple disabilities. You can check out the wonderful website at http://www.education-world.com/special_ed/assistive/index.shtml