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Lots of wonderful photos with links showing adaptations for toys, games, books, and school tools to provide physical accessibility

This Blog is written by a Mom about the inventions and ideas she uses to live, love, and have fun with her son. Each entry demonstrates creativity and joy in games, toys, learning, and how to make each day special for the whole family. Worth returning to often for inspiration and ideas. Indexed for handy searching.

"These projects provide ideas and strategies to promote play through better access to play materials, and use assistive technology to give the children this critical access. Typical solutions revolve around "low tech" assistive technology. By building on what the child can do, and by creating interactive play environments, families can reclaim play as a critical component of childhood! Look here for information on selecting toys for play, toys for children with disabilities, adapting toys to make them easier to use, locating specially designed toys as well as other resources to promote play."

Wide variety of printable file folder games, adapted books, cookie sheet activities, clothespin tasks, task cards and Autism tasks that provide students with hands-on opportunities to practice basic skills. Many items are free!

"Students of all ability levels should have the opportunity to access and experience literacy designed to help them learn new skills or review current abilities.  Adapting literacy activities is one method used to make books accessible."

"Welcome to a2z4adaptingliteracy"

The CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Lesson Builder provides educators with models and tools to create and adapt lessons that increase access and participation in the general education curriculum for all students.

This article provides creative ideas for providing access to play and learning through adapted toys and games.

"In an effort to assist teachers with fostering emerging literacy and math skills in young children, the T/TAC at VCU has purchased and augmented new early childhood learning kits. The kits are theme-based and contain materials that can be integrated within classroom centers to promote literacy and math skills. Assistive technology devices and adaptive materials have been added to the kits to assist teachers in helping all students access the materials."

Adapted Fork design using 3D printer

Below is a list of Adapted Literature available through the Sherlock Center Resource Library. These resources are provided for teachers to help students with severe disabilities participate in the general curriculum. available in PDF and PPT format. Over 250 titles! Stone Soup to Pride and Prejudice! http://bit.ly/sherlockadaptedbooks

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adapted stories, songs, activities with visuals, powerpoints at http://speech.jppss.k12.la.us/aac%20index%201.htm

Pdf of powerpoint documenting Gerald Abner and Judy Owen's Buckets of Literacy approach to adapted books.

Blog post with video about using Ipad with camera adapter with NEO keyboard

Page fluffers are helpful in fostering independent literacy skills. Page fluffers are simple adaptations made to books or other reading material that make pages more accessible to turn. Page fluffers increase the space between the pages of a book, allowing those with limited fine motor skills to get their fingers between each page therefore making it easier to turn a page. You can use a variety of different materials to make page fluffers. A fluffer can be glued, taped, or clipped to the corner of each page.

LCPS Adapted Books Lending Library List