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Peer reviewedCarey, Doris M.; Sale, Paul – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1994
Project FIT (Full Inclusion through Technology) provides notebook computers for children with severe disabilities. The computers offer many input and output options. Assessing the students' equipment needs is a complex process, requiring determination of communication goals and baseline abilities, and consideration of equipment features such as…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills, Computer Uses in Education
Download full textKing-Debaun, Pati – 1995
Incorporating augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems and microcomputers into whole language learning activities for children with severe physical and speech impairments is discussed. Six typical strategies of whole language programs are reviewed. Ways to provide students with severe disabilities access to these programs are…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders, Computer Oriented Programs
Blunden, Connie; And Others – 1993
The Adaptive Technology Program established five Adaptive Technology Centers (ATCs) in each of the five boroughs of New York City in 1990. These centers house various state-of-the-art technologies designed to enhance the functioning of students with severe disabilities. Equipment includes assistive devices, augmentative communication systems,…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Software
