Links to:

Speak Text command in Appleworks Seeing Disablities from a Different Perspective

Adaptive Technology Web Sites for Teachers Adaptive Technology Web Sites for Parents Samples of Adaptive Technology Devices Adaptions on the Mac: Voice Over Quicktime Text Track for movies Speech Recognition Text to Speech Synthesis Apple's Accessiblity Technologies (magnification, display, scalable cursor, zoom) Getting Started; Apple Technology for Diverse Learners. Download this PDF file to find more information about setting up a Mac for diverse learning styles. Read case histories of students using adaptive technologies.

"For people without disabilities, technology makes things convenient, whereas for people with disabilities, it makes things possible . . . [this] fact brings with it an enormous responsibility because the reverse is also true. Inaccessible technology can make things absolutely impossible for disabled people, a prospect we must avoid." —Judith Heumann, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education

Danbury AT Team
Danbury Public Schools
revised 3/2007