Here is a GREAT opportunity for educators!

From the AEM website:

The National AEM Center invites new K-12 educators to participate in a free professional development opportunity to improve the accessibility of the materials your students use for learning. Many students with disabilities experience barriers to using curriculum materials due to physical, sensory, or learning disabilities. The outcome of the offered professional development is that you will improve your students’ access to the same curriculum materials as their classmates. 

Click HERE for more information.

This company has several tools that can support individuals who struggle with accessing text.  Check out their website.

Here are some amazing resources in honor of AAC Awareness Month!

This wearable assistive technology device for the blind and visually impaired reads text, recognizes faces, identifies products and more.  Information about models, features, and more can be found at their website.

Ghotit is a new product designed to help individuals with dyslexia and dysgraphia.  This software/mobile app is available on multiple platforms and provides “solutions help struggling writers and readers to improve their reading and writing skills”.  Try it for free at their website!

This will be a weekly post that features a new technology gadget, strategy, article, or anything else AT!

This week’s gadget: Echo Buttons!

These buttons from Amazon pair with an Alexa device (Echo Dot, Echo Show, Echo Plus, or Echo Spot) to access fun games that work on skills such as letter and color identification, critical thinking skills, mental shifting, and others.  They are accessible to all students who can push a button!  There are several games already available, and more to come!