RESOURCES FOR ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY

 

ACCESSIBILIITY COMPUTER WORKSTATION IN MILNE LIBRARY  contains several software programs including:

o        Kurzweil Reading software

o        JAWS Screen Reader

o        Magic Screen Magnification software

o        Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognition software

o        Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro graphic and speech generation software

 

Also see other software available via automated searches below.


 

HOT TOPIC SEARCHES OF OUR LIBRARY CATALOG

 

 CR=Curriculum Resources shelves in Teacher Education Resource Center

For assistive technology software/CD-ROMS in our library  

o         ( disab* or disorder* or therapy or self-help devices )  On CR shelves

o         ( disab* or disorder* or therapy or self-help devices )   Elsewhere in our library  

o        (technolog* or computer*  or self-help devices) and (disab* or special education or disorder* or therapy or assistive)  On CR shelves     Elsewhere in Milne Library

 

For assistive technology resources other than software/CD-ROMS in our library

On CR shelves:  (technolog* or computer*  or self-help devices) and (disab* or special education or disorder* or therapy)

 

Elsewhere in our library: 

o        assistive technology  

o        computers and people with disabilities

o        computer* and (disab* or special education or speech therapy or communicat* disorders)

o        self-help devices

o        technology and (disab* or special education or disorder* or speech therapy)  

 

 

WEBSITES

 

o        http://www.synapseadaptive.com/  Includes downloads of assistive technology software programs

 

o        http://www.copower.org/At/atandcognitive.htm 

 

o        http://www.setbc.org/setbc/default.html

 

PUBLISHERS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION MATERIALS – SOME WILL CONTAIN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY

 

Attainment Company

Bright Ideas for the Gifted and Talented

Brookes

Council for Exceptional Children

Crestwood Communication Aids

Dale Seymour see Globe Fearon

Enabling Devices  Adaptive devices

Frank Schaffer see McGraw Hill Teachers

Globe Fearon K-12 materials in many school subjects.

Globe Fearon ESL/Bilingual

Instructional Fair see McGraw Hill Teachers

Ideal see McGraw Hill Teachers

Judy/Instructo see McGraw Hill Teachers

            Gallaudet University Press

            Heinemann

            LinguiSystems

            Mayer Johnson Augmentative Devices  Especially see Boardmaker items.

            McGraw Hill Teachers

            Gallaudet University Press

Modern Curriculum Press  See Globe Fearon

            PCI Special Education and At-Risk

Pro-Ed