Technology background knowledge and information

Here are links to videos about Assistive technology:

1. 

           https://youtu.be/O1xgdcUWHcI

This is the link for the first video we watched in the course about how technology can help people.

  1. https://youtu.be/SyWcCuVta7M

The video explains the reasons behind section 504 and how it is important to help people with disabilities.

  1. https://youtu.be/fLg533x8vKE

This video is about the Americans with Disabilities Act and how it has helped people since it’s passage.

  1. https://youtu.be/x2G1U6U3zh8

This video describes Assistive technology specifically.Low tech, mid tech and high tech. It also discusses how we can think about AT and universal design

  1. https://youtu.be/-xuUWxIY7SM

This is a video about the Ipad, and how it helps a child named “Nick” use it for communicating and helping people communicate with him.(very inspiring)

      6. https://youtu.be/jmBg_BvDL-c

Video about Dysgraphia and what its like to have it, how to help with it. (Ask the expertDr.Horwitz)

     7. https://youtu.be/zafiGBrFkRM

Video about Dyslexia. This video I really liked because I have dyslexia and it was the first video I have seen that actually describes accurately what I experience.

    8. https://youtu.be/bDvKnY0g6e4

Video on UDL as a principal of design

   9.https://youtu.be/4eBmyttcfU4

Myth of the “average” --Todd Rose ted talk

  10.https://youtu.be/7odhYT8yzUM

Teaching Math without words.Innovative way to think about Math instruction

   11. https://youtu.be/JsRt5lBdBfE

Alexander graham bell bio.

   12. https://youtu.be/jylb7TDn2Tk

Hearing loss and how it can impact a child’s development

   13. https://youtu.be/vABtdTSgGCM

impact of having hearing implants and how they work

   14. https://youtu.be/gg6YawMVuYs

Speech Recognition for Windows

  15. https://youtu.be/VhjJjDMFOn0

Voice over IOS products – way to control your “I-device” using gestures

  16. Common Eye disorders that can affect vison

http://www.richmondeye.com/simulations-of-eye-disorders/

Laws regarding Assistive technology:

Basic Special Education Process under IDEA 2004

Assistive Technology Solutions

Math Assistive technology Chart