Assistive Technology

Assistive technology can be described as: "…any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially or off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability."

The list of agencies and organzations is courteous of DREAMMS.

Government Agencies

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• Goals 2000
• National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
• Office of Special Ed Programs (OSEP)
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
• Teachers Guide Special Education Programs
• The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
• U.S. Department of Education

Corporate, Software and Special Education Organizations

• Academic Software, Inc.
• Assistivetech.net
• Assistive Technology Blog
• Assistive Technology Books - Google Search
• Assistive Technology Books - Amazon.com
• Assistive Technology Industry Association
• ATTO AT Resources
• ABLEDATA
• UCPnet
• The Boulevard Organization
• Broderbund Software, Inc.
• Care.com - Special Needs Resources & Articles
• Cochlear Corporation
• Crestwood Company
• Computer Curriculum Corporation
• disABILITY Resources on the Internet
• Education World
• Enabling Devices / Toys for Special Children
• Family Guide to Assistive Technology
• Family Village School
• Freedom Scientific
• Great Schools - Assistive Technology
• Kurzweil Educational Systems
• LAB Resources Assistive Technology for Special Needs
• Microsoft
• Mindplay Software
• Mindplay Special Ed Resource Area
• National Institute for Literacy
• National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
• NICHCY
• Option Institute
• Pathfinder Village
• Prentke Romich Company
• R.J. Cooper
• Scholarly Articles Related to Assistive Technology
• Section 508
• Simtech
• Technology for Education
• The Trace Research and Development Center
• AdaptNet Technologies
• Laureate Learning Systems
• Alliance for Technology Access
• Dragonfly Toys
• Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
• EyeTech Digital Systems - Hands Free Computing
• Advocates Across America
• Suffolk County, NY AHRC
• Half The Planet
• Assistive Technology, Inc.
• RESNA
• REHABTOOL - World-class Assistive Technology