Definition of Assisstive Technology: Any item, piece of equipment or product system whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customised that is used to increase or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities. (Cook & Hussey, 1995).
An example of assisstive tchnology that I used in our tutorial as well as on placement is the talking photo album.
Talking Photo Album - A5
‘Combine literacy and ICT with this Talking Photo Album. It supports speaking and listening on the new literacy framework especially focusing on photo sequences, presentations, hiding and revealing pictures and word recognition.
Record your stories, timetables or messages with our Talking Photo Album. Simply insert drawings or photographs into the plastic wallets and record up to a 10 second message on every page.
Each individual voice message can be played back at any time, simply with a push of a button.
Holds 24 inserts.
Price excl gst
$65.00’
Retrieved June 3, 2009 from https://www.star-educational.co.nz/view_details.php?detail=true&cat=42&subcat=&id=106
Allows someone with a memory impairment to right instructions that they can later recall. Or for someone with limited vocab to express what they want or learn the relationship between what the can see and what is said.
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