Resources
AT Options for Operating Systems
Click on the link below to download the Accessibility Options for Windows and MAC.
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As you plan, implement, and evaluate AT, you may find other tools and Web sites helpful. Consider the following to enhance your knowledge of assistive technology for students with disabilities.
The Maryland Online IEP is a tool developed by Maryland State Department of Education Division of Special Education and Early Intervention Services in Partnership with Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education with funding from IDEA Part B, the U.S. Department of Education. The tool produces and maintains one complete record of IEP information for each child. The result is a high level of data integrity and accuracy from which educators and the families they serve can make effective decisions.
2006-2007 Maryland Accommodations Manual is a guide to selecting, administering, and evaluating the use of accommodations for instruction and assessment. This publication helps ensure that:
- Participation in assessments is consistent in all Maryland programs, schools, and school systems.
- Accommodations are provided to all qualified students.
- Accommodations used for assessments are also used in daily instruction.
Assistive Technology Training Project Online (ATTO) provides information on AT applications that help students with disabilities learn in elementary classrooms. Resources include tutorials and links to national organizations, projects, and listserves.
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) is best known for the development of technology-based educational resources and strategies based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd) supports leadership at state and local education agencies to integrate instructional technology so that all students achieve high educational standards. CITEd's work includes identification of best practices, innovative online technical assistance tools, professional development, and communities of practice.
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is a professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate government policies, sets professional standards, provides professional development, advocates for underserved individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice.
Family Center on Technology and Disability is an assistive technology resource designed to support organizations and programs that work with families of children and youth with disabilities.
Georgia Project for Assistive Technology provides a range of assistive technology professional development and technical support services to local school system staff, students, and their families.
NEW The Maryland Technology Assistance Program (MD TAP) provides tools to help Marylanders with disabilities and seniors enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other citizens. These tools are called "assistive technology" or "AT". Assistive Technology (AT) is any item needed to live, work or learn more independently. The program provides a streamlined service of product information, consultation, and resource assistance in order to make assistive technology more available, affordable and usable for Marylanders with disabilities and seniors
National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI) advances learning opportunities for individuals with disabilities by fostering technology innovation. Funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), they provide resources and promote partnerships for the development of tools and applications by developers, manufacturers, producers, publishers and researchers.
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
is a source of information on:
• Disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth
• IDEA—the law authorizing special education
• No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities)
• Research-based information on effective educational practices.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services is committed to improving results and outcomes for people with disabilities of all ages.
Schwablearning.org provides information and resources for parents of children with learning disabilities so that they can help their children succeed at home and at school.
TechMatrix is a powerful tool for finding educational and assistive technology products for students with special needs.
Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI) assists school districts and Birth to 3 programs in their responsibility to ensure that all Wisconsin children who may need AT receive appropriate assessment and access to needed devices and services.
