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Kurzweil Education provides literacy solutions, tools and training for those with learning differences and challenges, or people with blindness or partially sighted. Founded in 1996, the company has pioneered the development of computerized assistive technology. [citation needed] Its headquarters are in Dallas, Texas.
An AAC user indicates a series of numbers on an eye gaze communication board in order to convey a word. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) encompasses the communication methods used to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.
In 2003, Knowbility received the TEC Champion Award for Outstanding Technology Leadership from the Washington DC–based Education Technology Think Tank and CTCNet. Sharron Rush has served since 2007 as an invited expert to the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the W3C. Since May 2009, she ...
However, as technology has changed, so have accommodations. The rise of digital testing and other types of tech-driven learning and assessment have increased the need for digital accessibility.
Universal Design for Learning is referred to by name in American legislation, such as the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008 (Public Law 110-315), [5] the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the Assistive Technology Act of 1998.
Assistive technology may attempt to improve the ergonomics of the devices themselves such as Dvorak and other alternative keyboard layouts, which offer more ergonomic layouts of the keys. [53] [54] Assistive technology devices have been created to enable disabled people to use modern touch screen mobile computers such as the iPad, iPhone and ...
The Center for Accessible Technology, formerly the Disabled Children's Computer Group (DCCG), was started in 1983 [1] in El Cerrito, California, by several parents, educators, and assistive technology developers who felt that the new computer technology could assist children and adults with disabilities to speak, write, read, learn, and participate in a larger world.
Virtual math manipulatives are sometimes included in the general academic curriculum as assistive technology for students with physical or mental disabilities. [4] Students can still participate in activities using virtual manipulatives if they are unable to engage in physical activity. [5] [6]