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| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Assistive Technology for Students who are Blind Or Visually Impaired Ike Presley, Frances Mary D'Andrea, 2008 Assistive technology is essential in today's world to enable people who are blind or visually impaired to participate fully in school, work, and life. But which assistive technology tools are right for your students? This comprehensive handbook is the essential resource for teachers of students with visual impairments, administrators, technology professionals, and anyone who needs to keep up with the ever-changing world of technology. Assistive Technology For Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Guide to Assessment contains a wealth of technical information translated into clear, user-friendly terms, including: - An overview of the full range of assistive technology that students can use to manage information in print or electronic formats-whether they use vision, touch or hearing to access information - How to select appropriate tools and strategies - A structured process for conducting a technology assessment - Detailed assessment forms that can be used to determine students' technology needs and solutions to address them - Advice on writing up program recommendations based on assessment results - Reproducible, blank assessment forms |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired and Blind People Marion Hersh, Michael A Johnson, 2010-05-12 Equal accessibility to public places and services is now required by law in many countries. For the vision-impaired, specialised technology often can provide a fuller enjoyment of the facilities of society, from large scale meetings and public entertainments to reading a book or making music. This volume explores the engineering and design principles and techniques used in assistive technology for blind and vision-impaired people. This book maintains the currency of knowledge for engineers and health workers who develop devices and services for people with sight loss, and is an excellent source of reference for students of assistive technology and rehabilitation. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Access Technology for Blind and Low Vision Accessibility Yue-Ting Siu, Ike Presley, 2020 Access Technology for Blind and Low Vision Accessibility, the second edition of 2008's Assistive Technology for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Guide to Assessment, uses clear language to describe the range of technology solutions that exists to facilitate low vision and nonvisual access to print and digital information. Part 1 gives teachers, professionals, and families an overview of current technologies including refreshable braille displays, screen readers, 3D printers, cloud computing, tactile media, and integrated development environments. Part 2 builds on this foundation, providing readers with a conceptual and practical framework to guide a comprehensive technology evaluation process. As did its predecessor, Access Technology for Blind and Low Vision Accessibility is focused on giving people who are blind or visually impaired equal access to all activities of self-determined living, allowing them to be seamlessly integrated within their home, school, and work communities-- |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Assistive Technology for Blindness and Low Vision Roberto Manduchi, Sri Kurniawan, 2018-09-03 Assistive technology has made it feasible for individuals with a wide range of impairments to engage in many activities, such as education and employment, in ways not previously possible. The key factor is to create consumer-driven technologies that solve the problems by addressing the needs of persons with visual impairments. Assistive Technology for Blindness and Low Vision explores a broad range of technologies that are improving the lives of these individuals. Presenting the current state of the art, this book emphasizes what can be learned from past successful products, as well as what exciting new solutions the future holds. Written by world-class leaders in their field, the chapters cover the physiological bases of vision loss and the fundamentals of orientation, mobility, and information access for blind and low vision individuals. They discuss technology for multiple applications (mobility, wayfinding, information access, education, work, entertainment), including both established technology and cutting-edge research. The book also examines computer and digital media access and the scientific basis for the theory and practice of sensory substitution. This volume provides a holistic view of the elements to consider when designing assistive technology for persons with visual impairment, keeping in mind the need for a user-driven approach to successfully design products that are easy to use, well priced, and fill a specific need. Written for a broad audience, this book provides a comprehensive overview and in-depth descriptions of current technology for designers, engineers, practitioners, rehabilitation professionals, and all readers interested in the challenges and promises of creating successful assistive technology. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: College Bound Ellen Trief, Raquel Feeney, 2005 The transition from high school to college is a significant turning point in a student's life, and this easy-to-read guide gives students the tools they need to select and apply to college and move forward with skill and confidence. Everything a student needs to know is included, from developing organizational, note-taking, test-taking, and study skills to managing living space, student-teacher relationships, social and academic life, and extracurricular and leisure time activities is included. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Advances in Information Communication Technology and Computing Vishal Goar, Manoj Kuri, Rajesh Kumar, Tomonobu Senjyu, 2020-08-18 This book features selected research papers presented at the International Conference on Advances in Information Communication Technology and Computing (AICTC 2019), held at the Government Engineering College Bikaner, Bikaner, India, on 8–9 November 2019. It covers ICT-based approaches in the areas ICT for energy efficiency, life cycle assessment of ICT, green IT, green information systems, environmental informatics, energy informatics, sustainable HCI and computational sustainability. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: User-Centered Software Development for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Emerging Research and Opportunities Álvarez Robles, Teresita de Jesús, Álvarez Rodríguez, Francisco Javier, Benítez-Guerrero, Edgard, 2019-07-05 Human-computer interaction studies the users and their interaction with an interactive software system (ISS). However, these studies are designed for people without any type of disability, causing there to be few existing techniques or tools that focus on the characteristics of a specific user, thus causing accessibility and utility issues for neglected segments of the population. This reference source intends to remedy this lack of research by supporting an ISS focused on people with visual impairment. User-Centered Software Development for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a collection of innovative research on techniques, applications, and methods for carrying out software projects in which the main users are people with visual impairments. While highlighting topics including mobile technology, assistive technologies, and human-computer interaction, this book is ideally designed for software developers, computer engineers, designers, academics, researchers, professionals, and educators interested in current research on usable and accessible technologies. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Sustainable Digital Communities Anneli Sundqvist, Gerd Berget, Jan Nolin, Kjell Ivar Skjerdingstad, 2020-03-19 This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Sustainable Digital Communities, iConference 2020, held in Boras, Sweden, in March 2020. The 27 full papers and the 48 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 178 submissions. They cover topics such as: sustainable communities; social media; information behavior; information literacy; user experience; inclusion; education; public libraries; archives and records; future of work; open data; scientometrics; AI and machine learning; methodological innovation. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Itinerant Teaching Jean E. Olmstead, 2005 Using the practical advice from itinerant teachers within the US, each chapter develops strategies for working with students with visual impairments. It discusses the rights, expectations and demands of itinerant teaching, as well as the provision of services within a variety of environments. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: The Third Digital Divide Massimo Ragnedda, 2017-02-17 Drawing on the thought of Max Weber, in particular his theory of stratification, this book engages with the question of whether the digital divide simply extends traditional forms of inequality, or whether it also includes new forms of social exclusion, or perhaps manifests counter-trends that alleviate traditional inequalities whilst constituting new modalities of inequality. With attention to the manner in which social stratification in the digital age is reproduced and transformed online, the author develops an account of stratification as it exists in the digital sphere, advancing the position that, just as in the social sphere, inequalities in the online world go beyond the economic elements of inequality. As such, study of the digital divide should focus not simply on class dynamics or economic matters, but cultural aspects - such as status or prestige - and political aspects - such as group affiliations. Demonstrating the enduring relevance of Weber’s distinctions with regard to social inequality, The Third Digital Divide: A Weberian approach to rethinking digital inequalities explores the ways in which online activities and digital skills vary according to crucial sociological dimensions, explaining these in concrete terms in relation to the dynamics of social class, social status and power. As such, it will be of interest to social scientists with interests in sociological theory, the sociology of science and technology, and inequality and the digital divide. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Assistive Technologies and Other Supports for People With Brain Impairment Marcia J Scherer, PhD, MPH, FACRM, 2011-12-20 Integrating current research with the experiences of people with cognitive disabilities, this volume examines how assistive and cognitive support technologies are being harnessed to provide assistance for thinking, remembering, and learning. The book vividly describes real-life situations in which cognitively impaired individuals use assistive supports and the advantages and limitations these individuals perceive from their use. It provides information on how cognitively impaired individuals and their families and caregivers can select the most appropriate technologies from a wide array of accommodations and resources, including individualized protocols of different forms of support to facilitate optimal functioning. The text offers practitioners a comprehensive and systematic process for ensuring their clients' effective application and utilization of this technology. This book will also provide insight for users of assistive technology and their families and caregivers to ensure optimal technology use. Key Features: Outlines an effective process for integrating assistive technologies into the activities and lifestyle of users with cognitive disabilities Explains how to match individuals with the most appropriate devices to enhance independent functioning Provides a detailed overview of neurological and physical characteristics of various cognitive disabilities present at birth or acquired through accident, illness, or aging Includes figures, checklists, assessment tools, and illustrations throughout the text for enhanced learning |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Assistive Technologies for People with Diverse Abilities Giulio E. Lancioni, Nirbhay N. Singh, 2014-01-07 The familiar image of the disabled tends to emphasize their limitations and reduced quality of life. However, many people with cognitive, motor, and other difficulties also have the capacity to enhance their social interactions, leisure pursuits and daily activities with the aid of assistive technology. Assistive devices from the simple to the sophisticated, have become essential to intervention programs for this population. And not surprisingly the numbers of devices available are growing steadily. Assistive Technologies for People with Diverse Abilities offers expert analysis of pertinent issues coupled with practical discussion of solutions for effective support. Its comprehensive literature review describes current and emerging devices and presents evidence-based guidelines for matching promising technologies to individuals. Program outcomes are assessed, as are their potential impact on the future of the field. In addition, chapters provide detailed descriptions of the personal and social needs of the widest range of individuals with congenital and acquired conditions, including: Acquired brain damage. Communication impairment. Attention and learning difficulties (with special focus on college students). Visual impairment and blindness. Autism spectrum disorders. Behavioral and occupational disorders. Alzheimer's disease. Severe, profound and multiple impairments. The scope and depth of coverage makes Assistive Technologies for People with Diverse Abilities an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students in developmental psychology, rehabilitation medicine, educational technology, occupational therapy, speech pathology and clinical psychology. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Assistive Technologies for Differently Abled Students Sangeeta Dhamdhere-Rao, Frederic Andres, 2022-04-22 This book provide a resource for higher educational institutes to implement effective assistive technologies and other related services for providing differently abled students a quality and equal education, enabling them to excel in their field and get good employment-- |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Fundamentals and Methods of Machine and Deep Learning Pradeep Singh, 2022-02-01 FUNDAMENTALS AND METHODS OF MACHINE AND DEEP LEARNING The book provides a practical approach by explaining the concepts of machine learning and deep learning algorithms, evaluation of methodology advances, and algorithm demonstrations with applications. Over the past two decades, the field of machine learning and its subfield deep learning have played a main role in software applications development. Also, in recent research studies, they are regarded as one of the disruptive technologies that will transform our future life, business, and the global economy. The recent explosion of digital data in a wide variety of domains, including science, engineering, Internet of Things, biomedical, healthcare, and many business sectors, has declared the era of big data, which cannot be analysed by classical statistics but by the more modern, robust machine learning and deep learning techniques. Since machine learning learns from data rather than by programming hard-coded decision rules, an attempt is being made to use machine learning to make computers that are able to solve problems like human experts in the field. The goal of this book is to present a??practical approach by explaining the concepts of machine learning and deep learning algorithms with applications. Supervised machine learning algorithms, ensemble machine learning algorithms, feature selection, deep learning techniques, and their applications are discussed. Also included in the eighteen chapters is unique information which provides a clear understanding of concepts by using algorithms and case studies illustrated with applications of machine learning and deep learning in different domains, including disease prediction, software defect prediction, online television analysis, medical image processing, etc. Each of the chapters briefly described below provides both a chosen approach and its implementation. Audience Researchers and engineers in artificial intelligence, computer scientists as well as software developers. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: E-learning and Disability in Higher Education Jane K. Seale, 2013-10-08 Most people working within the higher education sector understand the importance of making e-learning accessible to students with disabilities, yet it is not always clear exactly how this should be accomplished. E-Learning and Disability in Higher Education evaluates current accessibility practice and critiques the extent to which 'best' practices can be confidently identified and disseminated. This second edition has been fully updated and includes a focus on research that seeks to give 'voice' to disabled students in a way that provides an indispensible insight into their relationship with technologies and the institutions in which they study. Examining the social, educational, and political background behind making online learning accessible in higher and further education, E-Learning and Disability in Higher Education considers the roles and perspectives of the key stake-holders involved in e-learning: lecturers, professors, instructional designers, learning technologists, student support services, staff developers, and senior managers and administrators. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Wearable and Autonomous Biomedical Devices and Systems for Smart Environment Aimé Lay-Ekuakille, 2010-10-04 This book is dedicated to wearable and autonomous systems, including devices, offers to variety of users, namely, master degree students, researchers and practitioners, An opportunity of a dedicated and a deep approach in order to improve their knowledge in this specific field. The book draws the attention about interesting aspects, as for instance, advanced wearable sensors for enabling applications, solutions for arthritic patients in their limited and conditioned movements, wearable gate analysis, energy harvesting, physiological parameter monitoring, communication, pathology detection , etc.. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: South-East Asia Eye Health Taraprasad Das, Patanjali Dev Nayar, 2021-08-18 The book covers all aspects of eye health in South-East Asia from public health to health system to education to industry in 6 sections. The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia region comprises of 11 countries - Bangladesh, Bhutan, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste. This region is home to 26% of world population; there is a disproportionate amount of blindness (30.6%) and visual impairment (36%). This is a first of its kind book that discusses common conditions of visual impairment and blindness in the South-East Asia region. In addition, the book documents the current eye care industry in the region and the contribution of all eye health INGOs in eye care program planning and service delivery for many decades. Majority of the countries in the South-East Asia region are categorized in ‘middle-income country’ group. This book discusses the common challenges in these countries such as, suboptimal public expenditure in health, acute shortage of skilled eye health workforce, and rudimentary health industry. The book covers the following 6 sections: 1. Geographic description and health indices of the region 2. Health system evolved over years, including universal eye health, health financing and health management information system (HMIS) 3. Common eye problems including non-communicable disease NCD (and diabetic retinopathy), neglected tropical disease NTD (and Trachoma) 4. Health workforce in the region that includes ophthalmologists, optometrists, and allied ophthalmic personnel 5. Eye health support in the region of 13 international non-government organizations (INGOs) working for decades 6. Eye health industry in the region that includes spectacles, ophthalmic devices and equipment and the pharma industry The book would be a useful resource for ophthalmologists, all public health personnel and policy makers in eye health in the South-East Asia region specifically and all ophthalmologists and scientists interested in public health all over the world as well as for program planning to reach the 'Health for All' strategy by 2030 (United Nations Sustainable Development Goal, SDG 2030). |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: The Digital Scholar: Academic Communication in Multimedia Environment Irena Vassileva, Mariya Chankova, Esther Breuer, Klaus P. Schneider, 2020-02-07 The forms and genres of academic communication have changed considerably over the past decades – from standardised ways of producing texts on/for paper to a (less?) standardised way of communication in Web 2.0. Published papers are now available to a greater number of readers, interaction among colleagues can take place in real time via written, audio or visual formats, and it has become much more comfortable for students as well as for those outside the scientific community to access academic information and to contact its authors. It seems, however, that many aspects of academic communication have not yet changed, and its participants – either in the „old“ or in the „new“ generation – are ill-equipped to work within the multimedia context. This volume, therefore, takes a look at academic communication in the multimedia environment, in order to throw light on how these processes are linked to new multimedia affordances, while at the same time encapsulating old genre conventions and participant interaction with the medium. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: ECC Essentials Carol B. Allman, 2014-07 ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impairments is the first comprehensive book for teachers of students with visual impairments to focus on the nine areas of the ECC that encompass the unique skills children and adolescents with visual impairments need to learn in order to access the core educational curriculum and become independent individuals, by providing the rationale, suggestions, and strategies necessary to implement instruction. The nine areas include compensatory access, sensory efficiency, assistive technology, orientation and mobility, independent living, social interaction, recreation and leisure, career education, and self-determination. ECC Essentials helps teachers manage time efficiently and effectively; work with students of different ages and ability levels; collaborate with parents and other members of the educational team; conduct assessments; align instruction with state standards and the general education core curriculum; and maximize planning effectiveness. The book includes learning activities that combine several areas of the ECC; information about additional resources; specific guidelines and strategies for teaching each of the nine areas of the ECC. ECC Essentials provides teachers with a road map for helping their students achieve success in school and in life. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook Stefano Federici, Marcia Scherer, 2017-11-23 Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook, Second Edition, proposes an international ideal model for the assistive technology assessment process, outlining how this model can be applied in practice to re-conceptualize the phases of an assistive technology delivery system according to the biopsychosocial model of disability. The model provides reference guidelines for evidence-based practice, guiding both public and private centers that wish to compare, evaluate, and improve their ability to match a person with the correct technology model. This second edition also offers a contribution to the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) initiative, whose activities are strongly focused on the assistive products service delivery model. Organized into three parts, the handbook: gives readers a toolkit for performing assessments; describes the roles of the assessment team members, among them the new profession of psychotechnologist; and reviews technologies for rehabilitation and independent living, including brain–computer interfaces, exoskeletons, and technologies for music therapy. Edited by Stefano Federici and Marcia J. Scherer, this cross-cultural handbook includes contributions from leading experts across five continents, offering a framework for future practice and research. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Smart Universities Vladimir L. Uskov, Jeffrey P. Bakken, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain, 2017-05-18 This book presents peer-reviewed contributions on smart universities by various international research, design and development teams. Smart university is an emerging and rapidly evolving area that creatively integrates innovative concepts; smart software and hardware systems; smart classrooms with state-of-the-art technologies and technical platforms; smart pedagogy based on modern teaching and learning strategies; smart learning and academic analytics; as well as various branches of computer science and computer engineering. The contributions are grouped into several parts: Part 1—Smart Universities: Literature Review and Creative Analysis, Part 2—Smart Universities: Concepts, Systems and Technologies, Part 3—Smart Education: Approaches and Best Practices, and Part 4—Smart Universities: Smart Long Life Learning. The book is a valuable source of research data and findings, design and development outcomes, and best practices for faculty, scholars, Ph.D students, administrators, practitioners and anyone interested in the rapidly growing areas of smart university and smart education. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Cook & Hussey's Assistive Technologies Albert M. Cook, Janice Miller Polgar, 2008-01-01 It's here: the latest edition of the one text you need to master assistive strategies, make confident clinical decisions, and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model, Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition provides detailed coverage of the broad range of devices, services, and practices that comprise assistive technology, and focuses on the relationship between the human user and the assisted activity within specific contexts. Updated and expanded, this new edition features coverage of new ethical issues, more explicit applications of the HAAT model, and a variety of global issues highlighting technology applications and service delivery in developing countries. Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) framework demonstrates assistive technology within common, everyday contexts for more relevant application. Focus on clinical application guides you in applying concepts to real-world situations. Review questions and chapter summaries in each chapter help you assess your understanding and identify areas where more study is needed. Content on the impact of AT on children and the role of AT in play and education for children with disabilities demonstrates how AT can be used for early intervention and to enhance development. Coverage of changing AT needs throughout the lifespan emphasizes how AT fits into people's lives and contributes to their full participation in society. Principles and practice of assistive technology provides the foundation for effective decision-making. NEW! Global issues content broadens the focus of application beyond North America to include technology applications and service delivery in developing countries. NEW! Ethical issues and occupational justice content exposes you to vital information as you start interacting with clients. NEW! More case studies added throughout the text foster an understanding of how assistive technologies are used and how they function. NEW! Updated content reflects current technology and helps keep you current. NEW! Explicit applications of the HAAT model in each of the chapters on specific technologies and more emphasis on the interactions among the elements make content even easier to understand. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Community-based Rehabilitation World Health Organization, 2010 Volume numbers determined from Scope of the guidelines, p. 12-13. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Students Who Are Blind Or Have Low Vision , 2015 This booklet examines how blindness and low vision can influence learning and provides strategies teachers can use in the classroom--Page 3. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Safe and Secure Cities Kaija Saranto, Maaret Castrén, Tiina Kuusela, Sami Hyrynsalmi, Stina Ojala, 2014-07-21 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, WIS 2014, held in Turku, Finland, in September 2014. The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. The core topic is livability and quality of (urban) living with safety and security. The papers address topics such as secure and equal use of information resources, safe and secure work environments and education institutions, cyberaggression and cybersecurity as well as impact of culture on urban safety and security. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Efficacy of Assistive Technology Interventions Dave Edyburn, 2015-06-11 The Advances in Special Education Technology series is designed to focus international attention on applications of technology for individuals with disabilities. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Assistive Technology in the Classroom Amy G. Dell, Deborah A. Newton, Jerry G. Petroff, 2016-02-22 This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. This up-to-date book shows how assistive technology can be used in all kinds of classrooms, at all grade levels, to enhance the teaching and learning of students with a wide range of disabilities. The emphasis is on the integration of assistive technology into the curriculum. It addresses the challenges teachers face when using assistive technology to teach new skills to students with disabilities, to increase their independence and productivity, and to provide them with access to the general education curriculum. The text discusses disability categories within the context of school-related tasks and technology-based solutions to avoid misleading readers into simply pairing a certain diagnosis with a certain tech tool. The new edition of Assistive Technology in the Classroom keeps readers abreast of relevant new developments in mobile devices and assistive technology through a new chapter on how to use assistive technology to create visual supports and promote positive behavior, chapter updates on available mobile devices, expanded information on Universal Design for Learning, and additional ideas and discussion on how to match technology tools to a student’s specific needs and strengths. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Teaching Visually Impaired Children Virginia E. Bishop, 2004 A glossary of terms completes the book.--BOOK JACKET. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Thriving Blind Kristin Smedley, 2019-02-26 Stories of blind people who use creativity and determination to live the life of their dreams. Also includes lists of resources for advocacy, rehabilitation, recreation, and support systems for the blind. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: The Visually Handicapped Child in School Berthold Lowenfeld, 1973 |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Smart Education and e-Learning 2021 Vladimir L. Uskov, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain, 2021-06-05 This book contains the contributions presented at the 8th International KES Conference on Smart Education and e-Learning (KES SEEL 2021), which being held as a virtual conference on June 14–16, 2021. It contains high-quality peer-reviewed papers that are grouped into several interconnected parts: smart education; smart e-learning; smart education: systems and technology; smart education: case studies and research; digital education and economics in smart university, smart university development: organizational, managerial and social Issues; smart universities and their Impact on students with disabilities. This book serves as a useful source of research data and valuable information on current research projects, best practices, and case studies for faculty, scholars, Ph.D. students, administrators, and practitioners— all those who are interested in smart education and smart e-learning. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Handbook of Special Education Technology Research and Practice Dave L. Edyburn, Kyle Higgins, Randall Boone, 2005 An authoritative single-volume reference documenting the latest research and practice developments in special education technology. Features 41 chapters by over 90 internationally renown authors. Essential reading for special education teachers, administrators, teacher educators, graduate students, technology specialists, researchers, and policy makers. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Digital Audiobook Players , 2015 |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process Aota, 2014 As occupational therapy celebrates its centennial in 2017, attention returns to the profession's founding belief in the value of therapeutic occupations as a way to remediate illness and maintain health. The founders emphasized the importance of establishing a therapeutic relationship with each client and designing an intervention plan based on the knowledge about a client's context and environment, values, goals, and needs. Using today's lexicon, the profession's founders proposed a vision for the profession that was occupation based, client centered, and evidence based--the vision articulated in the third edition of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process. The Framework is a must-have official document from the American Occupational Therapy Association. Intended for occupational therapy practitioners and students, other health care professionals, educators, researchers, payers, and consumers, the Framework summarizes the interrelated constructs that describe occupational therapy practice. In addition to the creation of a new preface to set the tone for the work, this new edition includes the following highlights: a redefinition of the overarching statement describing occupational therapy's domain; a new definition of clients that includes persons, groups, and populations; further delineation of the profession's relationship to organizations; inclusion of activity demands as part of the process; and even more up-to-date analysis and guidance for today's occupational therapy practitioners. Achieving health, well-being, and participation in life through engagement in occupation is the overarching statement that describes the domain and process of occupational therapy in the fullest sense. The Framework can provide the structure and guidance that practitioners can use to meet this important goal. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: The Future of Disability in America Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Disability in America, 2007-10-24 The future of disability in America will depend on how well the U.S. prepares for and manages the demographic, fiscal, and technological developments that will unfold during the next two to three decades. Building upon two prior studies from the Institute of Medicine (the 1991 Institute of Medicine's report Disability in America and the 1997 report Enabling America), The Future of Disability in America examines both progress and concerns about continuing barriers that limit the independence, productivity, and participation in community life of people with disabilities. This book offers a comprehensive look at a wide range of issues, including the prevalence of disability across the lifespan; disability trends the role of assistive technology; barriers posed by health care and other facilities with inaccessible buildings, equipment, and information formats; the needs of young people moving from pediatric to adult health care and of adults experiencing premature aging and secondary health problems; selected issues in health care financing (e.g., risk adjusting payments to health plans, coverage of assistive technology); and the organizing and financing of disability-related research. The Future of Disability in America is an assessment of both principles and scientific evidence for disability policies and services. This book's recommendations propose steps to eliminate barriers and strengthen the evidence base for future public and private actions to reduce the impact of disability on individuals, families, and society. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: The Value of Academic Libraries Megan J. Oakleaf, 2010 This report provides Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) leaders and the academic community with a clear view of the current state of the literature on value of libraries within an institutional context, suggestions for immediate Next Steps in the demonstration of academic library value, and a Research Agenda for articulating academic library value. Its focus is to help librarians understand, based on professional literature, the current answer to the question, How does the library advance the missions of the institution? This report is also of interest to higher educational professionals external to libraries, including senior leaders, administrators, faculty, and student affairs professionals. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: The Universal Access Handbook Constantine Stephanidis, 2009-06-11 In recent years, the field of Universal Access has made significant progress in consolidating theoretical approaches, scientific methods and technologies, as well as in exploring new application domains. Increasingly, professionals in this rapidly maturing area require a comprehensive and multidisciplinary resource that addresses current principles |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Handbook of Research on Emerging Trends and Applications of Machine Learning Solanki, Arun, Kumar, Sandeep, Nayyar, Anand, 2019-12-13 As today’s world continues to advance, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a field that has become a staple of technological development and led to the advancement of numerous professional industries. An application within AI that has gained attention is machine learning. Machine learning uses statistical techniques and algorithms to give computer systems the ability to understand and its popularity has circulated through many trades. Understanding this technology and its countless implementations is pivotal for scientists and researchers across the world. The Handbook of Research on Emerging Trends and Applications of Machine Learning provides a high-level understanding of various machine learning algorithms along with modern tools and techniques using Artificial Intelligence. In addition, this book explores the critical role that machine learning plays in a variety of professional fields including healthcare, business, and computer science. While highlighting topics including image processing, predictive analytics, and smart grid management, this book is ideally designed for developers, data scientists, business analysts, information architects, finance agents, healthcare professionals, researchers, retail traders, professors, and graduate students seeking current research on the benefits, implementations, and trends of machine learning. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: A Journey of Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems Jian-Jia Chen, 2020-07-30 This Open Access book celebrates Professor Peter Marwedel's outstanding achievements in compilers, embedded systems, and cyber-physical systems. The contributions in the book summarize the content of invited lectures given at the workshop “Embedded Systems” held at the Technical University Dortmund in early July 2019 in honor of Professor Marwedel's seventieth birthday. Provides a comprehensive view from leading researchers with respect to the past, present, and future of the design of embedded and cyber-physical systems; Discusses challenges and (potential) solutions from theoreticians and practitioners on modeling, design, analysis, and optimization for embedded and cyber-physical systems; Includes coverage of model verification, communication, software runtime systems, operating systems and real-time computing. |
| assistive technology for visually impaired students: Foundations of Education M. Cay Holbrook, Tessa McCarthy, Cheryl Kamei-Hannan, 2017-02-16 The essential textbook in the field of blindness and visual impairment has been updated for the 21st c. Volume I includes new chapters focusing on crucial topics connecting the education of students with visual impairments to the context of educational theory. Icons in the book direct readers to supplemental materials in an online Learning Center. |
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ROLE OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION OF …
ROLE OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS. Abstract: The concept Assistive Technology focuses on how it can help the …
Assistive and Digital Technology for the Education of Students …
In education, assistive technology resources applied to education for visual impairment students can be defined as computers and mobility that allow students to access the digital …
Empowering Visually Impaired Students: Opportunities in …
Mar 3, 2018 · improve education opportunities for blind and visually impaired students in higher education. However, only focusing on functional access falls short of empowering visually …
Effect of Assistive Technology on Visually Impaired Students: …
Here are some key types of assisve technology used for Visual Impai rments. Screen Readers: SoAware like JAWS (Job Access With Speech) reads aloud the text on a computer screen. …
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS for Students with Visual …
Assistive Technology Solutions for Students with Visual Impairments Teaching Students with Visual Impairments teachingvisuallyimpaired.com High Tech High Tech tools are generally …
Reflections of Teachers of Visually Impaired Students on Their ...
use of assistive technology so they can ad-equately meet the diverse needs of their students (Abner & Lahm, 2002; D’Andrea, 2012; Gerber, 2003; Smith, Kelly, & Kap-perman, 2011). …
Assistive Technology for Students with Visual Impairments: A …
There are a lot of assistive technologies like Braille embosser, Braille display, audio devices, touch control device, CCTV, speech synthesizer, smart phone, etc. ATs are highly imperative …
Assistive Technologies and Participation of Students with …
Like all other students, visually challenged students need information and communication technologies to bridge the gap from classroom learning to extracurricular activities (indoor and …
Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired Individuals: A
Feb 13, 2024 · Assistive technology is a tool that helps people with disabilities to facilitate their daily lifestyle. Based on the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), …
Assistive Technology Assessment For Students Who Are Blind …
The purpose of this Assistive Technology Assessment is designed for use with students who are blind or visually impaired to determine which assistive technology tools are appropriate to …
Availability of Assistive Technology Devices for Students with …
Alternative Media and Assistive Technology are mainly auditory-based technologies and computer magnifiers that assist students with visual impairment in their academic work. The Perkins …
Technologies Used in the Study of Advanced Mathematics by …
students who are visually impaired (that is, those who are blind or have low vi-sion), specifically braille readers, requires that teachers sift through a growing num-ber of continuously evolving …
Assistive technology applied to education of students with …
Assistive technology is an interdis-ciplinary field of knowledge compris-ing products, resources, methodologies, strategies, practices, and services that aims to promote functionality for visu …
A Resource Guide to Assistive Technology for Students with …
Students with visual impairments face unique challenges in the educational environment. Not only must they be able to access text information across all curricular areas, but they also need to …
Selecting an assistive technology for visually impaired …
understanding of the factors that influence the selection and use of assistive technology, for visually impaired students and educators in higher institutions in South Africa.
Chapter 12 - Assistive Technology for Students who are Blind …
Assistive technology can give students who are blind or have low vision support in all academic areas as well as in expanded core curriculum. The selection of devices is contingent upon a …
Illinois State Board of Education
For students with visual impairments, much of this support is provided via assistive technology (AT) which can be applied for use in and outside the educational environment. What is …
Expanded Core Curriculum Goal Bank of Skills - Teaching …
Use this in conjunction with the Functional Vision Evaluation, Learning/Reading Media Assessment and any Low Vision Assessment or Assistive Technology Assessment to …
Visually impaired student-teachers’ knowledge and use of …
mathematics assistive technology tool for the visually impaired. It embeds with symbols (letters, numbers, punctuations, music notes, and words), notations (composition indicators, …
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR STUDENTS WITH …
One of the ways to effectively solve this problem is computer assistive technologies based on programs for the blind and visually impaired, information sources (through sound reproduction, …
ROLE OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER …
ROLE OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS. Abstract: The concept Assistive Technology focuses on how it can help the …
Assistive and Digital Technology for the Education of …
In education, assistive technology resources applied to education for visual impairment students can be defined as computers and mobility that allow students to access the digital …
Empowering Visually Impaired Students: Opportunities in …
Mar 3, 2018 · improve education opportunities for blind and visually impaired students in higher education. However, only focusing on functional access falls short of empowering visually …
Effect of Assistive Technology on Visually Impaired Students: …
Here are some key types of assisve technology used for Visual Impai rments. Screen Readers: SoAware like JAWS (Job Access With Speech) reads aloud the text on a computer screen. …
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS for Students with …
Assistive Technology Solutions for Students with Visual Impairments Teaching Students with Visual Impairments teachingvisuallyimpaired.com High Tech High Tech tools are generally …
Reflections of Teachers of Visually Impaired Students on …
use of assistive technology so they can ad-equately meet the diverse needs of their students (Abner & Lahm, 2002; D’Andrea, 2012; Gerber, 2003; Smith, Kelly, & Kap-perman, 2011). …
Assistive Technology for Students with Visual Impairments: A …
There are a lot of assistive technologies like Braille embosser, Braille display, audio devices, touch control device, CCTV, speech synthesizer, smart phone, etc. ATs are highly imperative …
Assistive Technologies and Participation of Students with …
Like all other students, visually challenged students need information and communication technologies to bridge the gap from classroom learning to extracurricular activities (indoor and …
Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired Individuals: A
Feb 13, 2024 · Assistive technology is a tool that helps people with disabilities to facilitate their daily lifestyle. Based on the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), …
Assistive Technology Assessment For Students Who Are …
The purpose of this Assistive Technology Assessment is designed for use with students who are blind or visually impaired to determine which assistive technology tools are appropriate to …
Availability of Assistive Technology Devices for Students with …
Alternative Media and Assistive Technology are mainly auditory-based technologies and computer magnifiers that assist students with visual impairment in their academic work. The Perkins …
Technologies Used in the Study of Advanced Mathematics …
students who are visually impaired (that is, those who are blind or have low vi-sion), specifically braille readers, requires that teachers sift through a growing num-ber of continuously evolving …
Assistive technology applied to education of students with …
Assistive technology is an interdis-ciplinary field of knowledge compris-ing products, resources, methodologies, strategies, practices, and services that aims to promote functionality for visu …
