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Free text-to-speech application providing natural sounding voices to hear any written text spoken aloud (Documents, PDF files, webpages, Emails,etc.). Convert any written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV

The definition of Assistive Technology as written in the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Improvement Act

Blog post by Chris Bugaj about using the Voice Note feature of Read&Write for composing and written expression.

Spoon Theory explained

A short poem written for Better Hearing and Speech Month

"Exemplar Text Supports K-12 One of the challenges in providing students with the most significant disabilities with access to the general curriculum is finding materials that link directly to the grade level content, but are written at a level that is accessible. As part of the DLM™ project we have been building a library of companion texts that go with the exemplar texts"

"finding materials that link directly to the grade level content, but are written at a level that is accessible. "

This blog post explains the importance of motor planning (written by a mother of student who uses AAC)

Free open-source mindmapping application written in Java. Sample features include folding branches, save to XML, graphical links connecting nodes, web and file hyperlinks and much more

"Episode #54 features a fairytale written for Better Hearing and Speech Month about a little mermaid whose voice is stolen and how she goes about finding a new way to communicate. It is guest narrated by Miss Mel, @nightlight08, from the children's podcast Night Light Stories."

The Simple English Wikipedia is an English edition of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, primarily written in Basic English and Special English.

Generation Tech article written by a student at Loudoun Valley HS

Illustrated books. Create a free account to access the books. Books are written in many languaes and at many levels.

"The ICDL Foundation promotes tolerance and respect for diverse cultures by providing access to the best of children's literature from around the world."

A reading of a letter written by Seamus the leprechaun detailing how he escaped a leprechaun trap.

"Augmentative Communication, Augmentative Communication News (ACN), distilling the ongoing research, exemplary practice, and new development activities in the field into a practical format that made it possible for clinicians, students and teachers to translate ongoing research and development into immediate practice. For fifteen years (1994-2009) Michael B. Williams, a gifted writer who himself relies on augmentative communication tools and strategies, wrote, edited, and oversaw the publications of Alternatively Speaking. This newsletter was written by and for people with complex communication needs and covered topics of personal and immediate interest to individuals who benefit using AAC. Alternatively Speaking provides straight talk on key issues, from the perspective of people who rely on AAC. Every single issue of these two seminal publications in the field of AAC is now available"

Reading Bear, a project of WatchKnowLearn.org, is the first free program online to teach beginning readers vocabulary and concepts while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English, all using innovative rich media. We spent an enormous amount of time developing 50 presentations, covering even more phonics principles and illustrating over 1,200 vocabulary items. There is nothing else like it, free or otherwise.

A webcomic written and drawn by someone with autism who shares perspectives to help others understand what different experiences are like when you have autism.

Tons of great information about handwriting/keyboard comparisions, handwriting speeds, data collection for handwriting logs, typing applications, etc.

Webpage written by high school teachers for those who teach US government and want to find online content as well as technology that can be used in the classroom.

This is a place to find other Daily 5 folks that you might want to connect with. You may want to find another teacher working with a similar grade level or maybe you would like to connect your classes. I know we have members who have written collaborative stories together, follow each other's blogs and twitter accounts, and who use Skype for Read to Someone globally. You can use the Comments column to add any extra information.