Assisstive Technology is any item , product or piece of equipment modified or customized to help individuals with disabilites.These products are used to maintain and improve their use of technological devices.Children with Autsim have an easier time processesing visual information rather than auditory. Kids with Autsim can begin with using line drawings or pictures. Take for example a program called the Boardmaker created by Mayer-Johnson. This allows the user over 3000 Picture Communcation Symbols in black, white or color.The user can choose to add words if he or she chooses and the symbols can be any size. A great feauture this program offers is normally the symbols are universally understood. This allows the clutter to be removed and the picture is understood clearly.
Another great piece of software they could use is called Picture This. This allows a more concrete representation and has over 2,700 photos to choose from. Children with Autsim can use low technology, mid technolgoy or high technology. Depending on the severity of their autism they may choose to use different products. In high technology this is were they would use technology such as cameras, computers and adaptive hardwar. There is new technology being created everyday to assist children with autsim and this has made it much easier for not only the child but the teacher as well.
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Those are amazing peices of technology that most people may not be aware of. The use of pictures may help people with special needs understand things easier because of he visual effect. I think these suggestions are great.
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