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Rastogi, Ravi; Pawluk, Dianne T. V. – Assistive Technology, 2013
The increasing use of visual diagrams in educational and work environments, and even our daily lives, has created obstacles for individuals who are blind or visually impaired to "independently" access the information they represent. Although physical tactile pictures can be created to convey the visual information, it is typically a slow,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Visual Aids, Blindness, Visual Impairments
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Flanagan, Sara; Bouck, Emily C.; Richardson, Jennifer – Assistive Technology, 2013
In this research the authors examined middle school special education teachers' perceptions of assistive technology during literacy instruction with students with high incidence disabilities. A survey explored the use, effectiveness, and factors impacting use or effectiveness of assistive technology for literacy teaching and learning. Results…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Special Education, Literacy Education
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Williamson, Robert L.; Casey, Laura B.; Robertson, Janna Siegel; Buggey, Tom – Assistive Technology, 2013
Given the recent interest in the use of video self-modeling (VSM) to provide instruction within iPod apps and other pieces of handheld mobile assistive technologies, investigating appropriate prerequisite skills for effective use of this intervention is particularly timely and relevant. To provide additional information regarding the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Prerequisites, Intervention, Teaching Methods
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Murchland, Sonya; Parkyn, Helen – Assistive Technology, 2011
Assistive technology items are frequently prescribed to assist children with physical disabilities to minimise the barriers they experience in undertaking schoolwork. A range of items are recommended from computers to access systems and specialised software. However, it is not known what the range of items that children with physical disabilities…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology
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Billard, Aude; Robins, Ben; Nadel, Jacqueline; Dautenhahn, Kerstin – Assistive Technology, 2007
The Robota project constructs a series of multiple-degrees-of-freedom, doll-shaped humanoid robots, whose physical features resemble those of a human baby. The Robota robots have been applied as assistive technologies in behavioral studies with low-functioning children with autism. These studies investigate the potential of using an imitator robot…
Descriptors: Autism, Imitation, Developmental Disabilities, Robotics
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Hunnicutt, Sheri; Magnuson, Tina – Assistive Technology, 2007
A method of grammar-guided writing has been devised to guide graphic sign users through the construction of text messages for use in e-mail and other applications with a remote receiver. The purpose is to promote morphologically and syntactically correct sentences. The available grammatical structures in grammar-guided writing are the highest…
Descriptors: Sentences, Writing (Composition), Grammar, Language Skills