PPT-Moving ‘Assistive’ Technology beyond a deficit

model Rob Martin What is Assistive Technology British Assistive Technology Association define AT as any product or service that maintains or improves the ability of individuals with disabilities or impairments to communicate learn and live independent fulfilling and productive lives. Assistive Technology. Assistive Technology. .. Assistive Technology. Jim Ellam. Staffordshire County Council. Technology changes throughout our lives. Its not about the technology…….. "Switched-on" generation switched off to life-changing care technology. Central Consolidated School District. Alisha Cornick, Director of Technology. cornickal@centralconsolidated.k12.nj.us. Purpose. “The vision of the Central Consolidated School District is to be one of the best school systems in the State of New Jersey.”. Sara . Muharemovic. If your face is like this, FEAR NOT!. Well what is it?. Assistive Technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. AT promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to, or changing methods of interacting with, the technology needed to accomplish such tasks.. Presented by . Janet Peters . and . Bryan Ayres. Center for Technology. And Disability . Webinar May . 4, 2015. Session Overview. Key Factors to Consider when Transitioning with . AT. Our Research. Introducing the QIAT-PS . Training materials created by the Technology to Improve Kids’ Educational Success (TIKES) Project, a project of PACER Center: PACER.org/. stc. /tikes. © . 2016, . PACER Center. Including Assistive Technology (AT) . NADD Annual Conference Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. November 2, 2016. Julia Pearce. Utah Assistive Technology Teams (UATT). Utah Center for Assistive Technology (UCAT). Greetings from Utah. 30 Assistive Technology Teams throughout the state with support from . Stephanie Robbins, M.Ed.. Assistive Technology Coordinator . Disability Resources and Services. 1. Goals and Objectives . 2. Share knowledge and resources about a software (Kurzweil Education System) that may benefit a variety of students. . T. raining materials created by the Technology to Improve Kids’ Educational Success (TIKES) Project, a project of PACER Center: www.pacer.org/stc/tikes. Intro to . Assistive Technology (AT) . for Young Learners. Workplace. Andrew Costello . Assistive Technology Officer . Trinity College Dublin. Research Context – Need ? . My role as the Assistive . T. echnology Officer for Trinity College Dublin is to introduce Assistive technology as an aid or to overcome a task of difficulty in a particular area . 1 A Crash Course on Assistive Technology Evaluations Kyle Slough, MS., CRC Kgslough@live.com Marie Agius, MS., LCAS, CRC Dotym07@students.ecu.edu Melissa Engleman, EdD . E nglemanm@ecu.edu Irene Howell Assistive Technology Center Historical Background of Assistive Technologies for the Blind. Introduction. The . rapid development of assistive technologies for the blind and visually impaired has evolved simultaneously with other technological innovations. Thanks to these advances, the facilitation of accessibility, safety and improved quality of life has made life easier for the visually impaired and blind (. U.S. Administration for Community Living . Panel Presentation. Assistive Technology . Opportunities and Partnerships. . March 5, 2020. Title Slide Option A. Questions To Run On. What partnerships are state AT programs cultivating that could be leveraged to increase awareness and access to Assistive Technology?. Assistive Technology (AT). Goals . of this . presentation:. Help . you see ways that AT can help you adapt to life with a spinal cord injury or spinal cord disease. Discuss . how technology helps to re-define “Disability” and helps to create “resilience”. What is Assistive Technology?. Assistive technology (AT) is any item, piece of equipment, software program, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional abilities of a person..