Assistive Technology Links

Assistive Technology Training Online Project (ATTO)
http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATbasics.php
Provides a variety of information including: AT Basics, Tutorials on a variety of products, AT Decision Making and Resources. The AT Basics can provide a good overview for someone new to AT. The tutorials can be useful to staff members who need to learn specific features and operating information on individual assistive technology.

Assistive Technology Web Quest
http://www.wcs.edu/specialed/webquest/assistive_quest.htm
Provides links and information on assistive technology in a question-answer format.

Alliance for Technology Access (ATA)
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atabook/default.html
Provides information about the ATA as well as a full version of Computer and Web Resources for People with Disabilities: A Guide to Exploring Today's Assistive Technology. This book is an excellent resource, and the Technology Toolbox in Part II is extremely useful for individuals just getting started with assistive technology. The site also has an AT Mini-Assessment that can be downloaded.

CSUN-Center for Disabilities
http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/index.htm
Contains proceedings for all years of the Conference on Technology and Disabilities. It also contains many excellent papers on a variety of assistive technology applications and topics.

Closing the Gap
http://www.closingthegap.com/index.lasso
This site has a variety of forums with useful information about AT, a place to request a free copy of their newsletter and excellent online directory of assistive technology. Access to the directory and past issues of the newsletter are granted for a membership fee.

Generating Assistive Technology Systematically (GENASYS)
An excellent and brief overview of assistive technology. Quick tips on how to make Web sites accessible.

Quality Indicators of Assistive Technology (QIAT) Consortium
http://www.qiat.org
This Web site contains a collection of many useful documents and tools related to assistive technology and it provides the opportunity to join the QIAT electronic mailing list where teachers, therapists, and family members routinely discuss assistive technology issues.

Resource Guide for Teachers and Administrators about Assistive Technology
http://www.wati.org/resourceguide.htm
A 24-page downloadable PDF document that provides an excellent, easily understood overview of assistive technology. This booklet may be reproduced and is an excellent tool for training.

Assistive Technology Training Online (ATTO) Project, AT Decision Making Module
http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/DecisionMaking
This module teaches a decision making process to use in assistive technology assessment.

AT Assessment forms from Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI)
http://www.wati.org/assesmentforms.htm
These forms are free and lead the user through a well-established assessment process. The packet includes the WATI Assistive Technology Consideration Guide.

Assistive Technology Consideration Quick Wheel
http://www.ideapractices.org/resources/detail.php?id=22168
This online version of the AT Consideration Quick Wheel can be a useful way to preview the full text of the actual wheel that is a low technology tool that for use by IEP teams.

ConnSENSE Bulletin
http://connsensebulletin.com/
The site provides practical resources on assistive technology through a number of articles, resources, position papers, and Washington updates.

Georgia Project for Assistive Technology AT Consideration Checklist
http://www.gpat.org/GPAT%20Resources%20Documents/Consideration%20Checklist.pdf (Adobe Reader® PDF 24 KB)
This checklist can be very useful to IEP teams as they consider the student's need for assistive technology.

Hey! Can I Try That?
http://www.edtechpoints.org/hey.htm
A free workbook for teens and those serving them to help identify potential assistive technology. It can be downloaded.

Minnesota Assistive Technology Manual (2003 edition)
http://education.state.mn.us/content/005769.pdf
The manual provides the most current information on evaluation and consideration of assistive technology. Contains processes and forms that have adaptations of some of the nationally recognized programs.

Texas Assistive Technology Network, Considering AT in the IEP
http://www.texasat.net/trgmod.htm
This downloadable training module was developed to help IEP teams effectively consider the need for assistive technology.

University of Kentucky Assistive Technology (UKAT) Project
http://edsrc.coe.uky.edu/www/ukatii/
The UKAT Toolkit provides an assessment tool as well as basic information on assistive technology and the law.

Family Center on Technology and Disability
http://www.fctd.info/
This site includes a variety of useful resources including an introduction to assistive technology (AT 101) and laws related to assistive technology.

Family Village
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
Assistive Technology is found in the Accessibility Shopping Mall and is arranged by type of product with very helpful descriptions.

Schwab Learning Foundation
http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?g=4&r=488
The 3rd edition of the Assistive Technology Guide is available to download at this site. It contains an excellent overview of the types of tools available for parents to use with their child.

Learning Disabilities Online:
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/technology.html
Numerous articles about assistive technology for individuals with learning disabilities including technology integration and assistive technology assessment.

Learning Disabilities Resources
http://www.ldresources.com
This site developed by a team led by Richard Wanderman contains many excellent articles about how assistive technology can help an individual with a learning disability.

Center for Appied Special Technology
http://www.cast.org/
CAST is best known for developing the concept of universal design for learning (UDL). Information on UDL, full text of several books about UDL, and other resources are available through the site.

Ability Hub
http://www.abilityhub.com
This site offers frequently asked questions about the use of assistive technology to access the computer as well as an overview of many products.

ABLEDATA
http://www.abledata.com/
A searchable database of assistive technology products.

Fritschi's Assistive Technology Tools Chart
http://fritschi.home.mindspring.com/tools2.html
This Web site is an outstanding resource. It has brief descriptions of hundreds of products from low tech to hardware and software with hot links to their products.

Special Education Technology in British Columbia
http://www.setbc.org/setinfo/setequip.html
This list of resources has hot links to all companies whose products are listed.

Trace Center
http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/#three
A listing of many Web sites that provide free or low cost software programs that provide computer access for individuals with disabilities.

The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
http://ncam.wgbh.org/index.html
NCAM is a research and development facility that provides information regarding expanding access to media and information technology for people with disabilities in their homes, schools, workplaces, and communities.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
http://www.w3.org/
Provides a forum for information exchange regarding the development of World Wide Web to its full potential. Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is devoted to increasing Web accessibility through various guidelines and tool, among other things.

Trace Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison
http://www.tracecenter.org/
Undertakes projects that aim to increase access to any individual. The site provides guidelines on universal design principles, creating accessible Web sites, consumer products, or documents.

DO-IT Program, University of Washington
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/educators.html
Gives K–12 educators academic resources to be able to fully include students with special needs in their classrooms.