Just like
the prior blog on AT and Learning Disabilities, this blog will look at AT and
Sensory Disabilities. Sensory Disabilities involve the five senses. One
website that goes into detail about this disability is Virginia.gov, the site
can be found HERE.
Overview of
this disabilities that were looked at:
A) Deaf-Blind
B) Hearing
Impaired-Deafness
C) Visual
Impairment- Blindness
2
High Tech devices that can be used by a student with a sensory disability:
1. Hearing
impaired/deaf: System Beep Modification; Change system beep to Visual beep that
generates a visual warning when system makes a sound.
2. Scanner/OCR-
Ability to scan printed material and to convert material into clearly spoken
synthesized speech.
2 Low
Tech devices that can be used by a student with a sensory disability:
1.
Screen
Magnifiers- students can enlarge print on any reading material.
2.
Books
on tape that are recorded by the teacher or the author.
References:
1. http://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/disabilities/sensory_disabilities/
2. http://www.easylinkuk.co.uk/page22.html
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