Assistive Technology is any item, piece of equipment, software, website, app, or extension that is used to increase, support, or boost the abilities and educational achievement of a person with a disability.
Assistive technology helps people communicate, read, write, type, point, see, hear, walk, remember, learn, attend, access the environment, and more.
Examples of low tech assistive technology: Page fluffers, core word boards
Examples of high tech assistive technology: Eye gaze Communication device, Speech generating devices
Examples of AT that helps people write: Voice Typing, Graphic Organizers
Examples of AT that helps people read: Color sentence strips, Book Share, Text to Speech extension