User:SachinPCM

We are all aware of the most wonderful nature of our human beings creation that each and every individual in this world is different from the other in one or the other way. One may have born with great aptitude sensing the nature around him, one may have born with great aptitude for logics and developed good logical reasoning, one might have developed good aesthetical sens etc etc... At  the same time these ones may also have certain difficiencies in one or the other area like the one with good logical reasoning may not have the artistic sense to music, one with good vocal ability may not be good at dance.

Amidst of all these differences we certain people around us who have developed some special disabilities in their life for none of their mistakes. These special disabilities are so basic to human life that they may hinder ones living abilities and make it difficult to compete with the others mainly due to these disabilities.

These disabilty  may include physical impairment such as

a)hearing difficulties,

b)visual difficulties

c)writing difficulties

etc and some other disabilities like dislexia, organizing problems etc.

No one knows exactly that one with disabilty may have certain aptitude in other areas. Its the great responsibilty that education takes care of that none of these disabilities should hinder the learning pace of individual. In this regard, to bridge the disabled to students certain measures have been taken. To bring about equity among learners, dominating measures that we see in current education system are providing an assistant to write exams for those who cant, giving extra fifteen minutes in all national level exams, teachers themselves putting up certain extra efforts in class rooms to help disabled learners.

All theses strategies that we use to assist the disabled learners to overcome the difficulties posed by such physical or cognitive disabilities can be called assistive strategies or measures.

In this context, education system is always been thankful to rapidly growing technology as it offers many tools which helps for educators, teachers to come with effortless and more effective assistive strategies. Such devices, piece of equipment or system that helps bypass, work around or componsate for individual's learning deficits are called comprensively called as  assistive technolgy.

Assistive technology (From now onwards reffered as AT), doesn't cure or eliminate learning abilities but helps one to reach their true potential as it bypass the areas of difficulties. For eg: Students who have difficulty in reading but with good listening skills might get helped from audio books.

AT can increase child's self-relience and sense of independence. Students who struggle in school are overly dependent on their parents, siblings, teachers and their friends in completing their assignments. Disabled feel great success working independently.

Some of the ICT tools which can be used as assistive technology are:

a) free vox: free vocal browser, a version of firefox.

b)NVDA: non visual desktop access

c) google speech to text tools

d)book share web: free audio books

e) letMe Type software.

f) some reading pens