Assistive technology used in college

In all of my other blogs I talked mostly about students in elementary school through high school. Now I want to focus on college students.

Assistive Technology (AT) can be used to help college students during classes and testing situations and completing assignments. I blogged about AT helping with writing, organizing, reading, and communication. All of these ways could be helpful to a college student.

 The tools need to meet the following criteria:

Easy to use and easy to customize
age appropriate
student’s own choice
match the specific task and the environment it is used
Installed in a place it can be access easily
Training and technical support must be provided to students and staff

Although there are NO IEP’s in COLLEGE, the tools used for AT in P-12 environment can be also used in college. Colleges have no legal responsibility to identify students with disabilities or involve parents in decision making. 

Students can still use the tools I have blogged about in earlier posts such as: screen reader, braille, digital books, communication boards, iPads, Write:Outload, Read:Outloud etc. 

Dell, A. G., Newton, D. A., & Petroff, J. G. (2012).Assistive technology in the classroom: Enhancing the school experiences of students with disabilities. (2nd ed. ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.