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Corie Johnson

19 September 2016
EDCI 5334
LowTech Assistive devices in the project are available at Dasio in Dallas.

Low-Tech Assistive Technology Tools

1.

Student
characteristic
s
- Non-Verbal

Environmen
t

Task

Tool
(name & picture)

2nd Grade and Answering Questions, Signboard


up classroom sharing ideas, general
during
communication.
question and
answer times
or group
work with
other
students.

2.

- Non-Verbal
- Difficulty
with
letter/number
formation
when writing

Elementary
classroom
mathematic
activity

Answer math
Magnetic Numbers and Cookie
questions sheet (or Danish Cookie Lid)
Allows student to
manipulate and work
with numbers without
having to write them.

3.

- Mobility
Issues

Any
Classroom
during a
project

Complete a project Mesh Case


Mesh case can help
students with mobility
issues keep all the
project materials in
one place so they do
not have to move
around the classroom
to collect individual
parts

4.

Difficulty
Reading

Any class
that requires
reading.
High School
level all the
way down to
1st grade.

Read Read a
Study Ruler
textbook, chapter
book, worksheet, or
test instructions. It
will help to isolate the
information they are
currently reading to
avoid distractions and
help students
remember their place
when reading.

5.

Non-Verbal

Elementary
Classroom
during
instructional
time or work
time

Student cannot
Party Quiz Paddles
verbally communicate
so they can use these
paddles to indicate
affirmative or
negative to a
question. They can
also be combined
with a dry erase
marker to facilitate
further advanced
communication. If
student has difficult
writing then cards
attached to clothes
pins can help them
communicate more
advanced topics.

6.

- Mobility
issues
- Muscle
Spams
- Shaking

Writing /
General

Students with muscle


difficulties or in
wheelchairs can
easily drop/push
items in use or not in
use off their desk.
Velcro tabs on their
desk and implements
allows them to keep
multiple writing tool
at close hand and
gives them a safe
place to store them
while decreasing the
likelihood of
dropping them or
knocking them
around.

Velcro

7.

- Limited
Vision

4th / 5th grade


Mathematics
Class

Learning
multiplication for
students with vision
difficulties. The
stickers allow the
student to feel how
numbers are groups
for multiplication.

8.

- Reading
difficulties
- Difficulties
parsing large
walls of text
- Students
that are easily
distracted and
lose their

Middle or
High School
Class Projects
(Example is
biology)

Create instruction kits CD Case and Cards


for students with
difficulties reading or
parsing large sections
of text.
Instructions and
pictures are broken
down into steps and
each step is on one

Textured Stickers

place

9.

- Writing
difficulties
(letter
formation)

card that allows the


student to focus on it
and complete it before
moving on.
Making project kits
also allows students
to work at their own
pace, completing each
project/kit in a
sequence.

Elementary
The stickers can be
Spelling
cut out but not
activity (quiz) removed from their
paper. Students with
physical disabilities
that prevent them
from writing and
forming letters well
can complete a
spelling test by
manipulating the
letters to spell words.

Letter Stickers

10
.

- Muscle
Spams
- Shaking

Writing

Students with muscle


or physical
disabilities that use
pencils can easily
smear their work
(Also left handed
people) Using a fast
drying erasable pen
can help improve
their ability to write

Erasable Pen

or draw while not


sacrificing editing
ability.

11. - Mobility
issues
- Muscle
Spams
- Shaking

Elementary
Middle or
High School
Writing /
General
pencil use

Students with muscle


difficulties or in
wheelchairs can
easily drop/push
items and retrieving
them causes
difficulty. Using a
glasses strap on the
pen/scissors/magnifie
r provides additional
support when using
the pencil and also
keeps the
pencils/scissors/etc
from moving wildly
and being dropped.

Glasses Strap

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- Grip
difficulties
- Sensation
difficulties

All Levels,
writing and
general grip

Students with
physical disabilities
that limit their ability
to grip things in
general can benefit
from the use of finger
tip grips. Some
students also lack
sensation in their skin
that allows them to
know when they are
touching, feeling hot
or cold. This would
allows for an
additional layer of
grip, not just for
pencils.

Finger Grips

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.

- Difficulty
reading or
remembering
key topics

High School
classes that
require
reading and
summarizing
text

During reading
Neon Paper Tape
students can write key
points on the different
colors of paper tape
and group the colors
by theme to facilitate
memory and
summary of key text

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