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Differentiation means tailoring instruction to meet individual needs. Whether teachers differentiate content, process, products, or the learning environment, the use of ongoing assessment and flexible grouping makes this a successful approach to instruction.

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https://www.atia.org/home/at-resources/what-is-at/

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What is AT? - Assistive Technology Industry Association

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Learn more about assistive technology: products, equipment, and systems that enhance learning, working, and daily living for persons with disabilities.

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Assistive Technologies are crucial to incorporate in the classroom to ensure all students have an equal opportunity to successful learning. These technologies, whether they aid in fine motor skills or speech, or are high tech or low tech, give students with any sort of disability the chance to conquer anything anybody else can, just in a different way. Students with any IEP's are permitted by law to have access to any AT they made need to better their educational experience.

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https://www.washington.edu/doit/what-assistive-technology

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Assistive technology is technology used by individuals with disabilities in order to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. Assistive technology can include mobility devices such as walkers and wheelchairs, as well as hardware, software, and peripherals that assist people with disabilities in accessing computers or other information technologies. For example, people with limited hand function may use a keyboard with large keys or a special mouse to operate a computer, people who are blind may use software that reads text on the screen in a computer-generated voice, people with low vision may use software that enlarges screen content, people who are deaf may use a TTY (text telephone), or people with speech impairments may use a device that speaks out loud as they enter text via a keyboard.

A formal, legal definition of assistive technology was first published in the Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 (The Tech Act). This act was amended in 1994; in 1998, it was repealed and replaced with the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 ("AT Act"). Throughout this history, the original definition of assistive technology remained consistent. This same definition was used in the Access Board's Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards, developed as required by 1998 amendments to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

A tremendous variety of assistive technology is available today, providing the opportunity for nearly all people to access information technology (IT). However, an individual's having proper assistive technology is no guarantee of having access. IT accessibility is dependent on accessible design. IT products must be designed and created in ways that allow all users to access them, including those who use assistive technologies.

Find some examples of assistive technology being used by students with disabilities in the video series AT in Action by The Family Center on Technology and Disability (FCTD) and PACER Center.

For more information, see the Knowledge Base article What is accessible electronic and information technology?

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Assistive technology is technology used by individuals with disabilities in order to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. Assistive technology can include mobility devices such as walkers and wheelchairs, as well as hardware, software, and peripherals that assist people with disabilities in accessing computers or other information technologies.

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Differentiated Instruction is important because it benefits all students. Students learn their best when they are engaged in what they are being taught. When teaching styles are tailored to benefit each student's learning style, the level of engagement is optimized producing successful learners. Creating a classroom environment where all kinds of learners are harmoniously valued will make each students learning experience more enjoyable and effective.

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Differentiated Instruction (DI) refers to the practice of modifying educational instruction to best accommodate the needs of each individual student. DI should be implemented into all classrooms, whether there are students with IEP's or not. DI is a foundational practice in the classroom that ensures the unique learning style of each individual child is met through modified content, practices and activities.

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Assistive Technology (AT) is a term used to define tools that provide air for individuals with a disability. These tools can help with everyday tasks, physical performances or education.  Assistive technologies can be high tech or low tech. High tech meaning that the tools are technologically advanced, such as a motorized wheel chair; low tech meaning that the tool may include no technological features at all, such as rubber pencil grips.