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Assistive Technology: Powerful Solutions for Success - 6 views

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    DVD by Brian Friedlander
Patrick Black

Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds | Video on TED.com - 6 views

  • Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds
  • Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of smart geeky kids.
J B

Autism iPhone breakthrough: from tantrums to app-y days - 6 views

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    This article reviews the GRACE app.
karen Janowski

curriculumSET - 6 views

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    "is a collection of resources that facilitate the sharing of customized technology-based content among educators working with students who use assistive technology. This searchable database enables educators to find, download, and customize activities, templates and public domain accessible books based on the ten areas of the curriculum as set out by the BC Ministry of Education. curriculumSET resources are created and updated by dedicated professionals working with students in British Columbia."
Eric Sailers

Google Sets - 6 views

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    Could provide useful for students to practice categorization skills. I typed in apples and bananas, then Google Sets generated a number of other fruits. 
J B

APTE - 6 views

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    APTE's new Literacy Suite is a collection of applications & teacher resources designed to meet the needs of visual learners. The program is aimed at special education. The applications provide students with a platform to create their own projects with words, pictures, & videos. [ISTE Learning & Leading With Technology, June/July 2010, Vol. 37 No. 8]
J B

AT of the Week - DaveBanesAccess - 6 views

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    "AT of the Week is a simple idea.  Each week I'll try to hunt around the web and find a free or open source assistive technology solution.  If I can host it, I'll store it and provide a link to it on this page.  Sometimes that will link to third party sites where you can safely download the solution from."
J B

A.I. type - 7 views

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    A.I.type is a text predicition program that  "understands" what users are typing and offers word and sentence completion that help the user type just a minimal number of letters. A.I.type's smart prediction algorithms maintain the context and the meaning of the text, while making typing easier, faster and better, with the correct grammar, syntax and spirit. 
J B

How Handwriting Trains the Brain - 6 views

  • Studies suggest there's real value in learning and maintaining this ancient skill, even as we increasingly communicate electronically via keyboards big and small. Indeed, technology often gets blamed for handwriting's demise. But in an interesting twist, new software for touch-screen devices, such as the iPad, is starting to reinvigorate the practice.
J B

AppleVis - 6 views

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    iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch: news, app information and guides from a vision impaired perspective
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