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The Rehabilitation Act allowed for assistive technology to be made available for those with disabilities by establishing a beneficial program. Schools with financial support are required to provide those with a public education program. This includes accommodation and access to electronic technology (Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion [EARN], n.d.).

This is beneficial for individuals with disabilities, such as Sady, because it allows them the ability to easily access technologies just like their typical peers. Inclusion has been recognized and implemented.

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This statute set the stage for assistive technology by ensuring every child with disabilities receives a free appropriate public education (FAPE), appropriate evaluation, individualized education program (IEP), least restrictive work environment (LRE), and both parent and student participation. With these expectations in place, it allows for both educators and families to consider what assistive technology will benefit their child (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA], 2023).

The EAHCA is beneficial for children with disabilities because this statute paved the way for much of the support we see in the school system today. Every child is heard, and their needs are looked at in depth.

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The Tech Act of 1988 officially defined assistive technology and services, further providing funding at the federal level for training and services. This statute allowed schools access to the resources they needed to offer this technology to children in need (“Assistive Technology Act”, n.d.).

Individuals with disabilities benefit from this progression because the Tech Act officially established what assistive technology was and further pushed for federal aid when it came to finances. Without this, training and services would suffer.

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The ADA of 1990 made assistive technology available by ensuring no student was denied access to public schools due to physical ability to enter the building or school buses. By enforcing this statute, individuals with disabilities were properly considered and received treatment more closely aligned with their typical peers (Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA], n.d.).

This act was beneficial for students like Sady because it erased bias and ignorance when it can to ability. Rather, accommodations were made and promoted inclusion that we still see to this day.

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This act made assistive technology more readily available by requiring that students with disabilities be educated with children without disabilities in the same classroom to the appropriate extent (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA], 2023).

The IDEA statute is beneficial for individuals with disabilities today because it established that they should be viewed as peers rather than below their typical classmates. This sort of perspective encouraged collaboration over isolation.

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The AT Act of 1998 allowed for accessibility by providing for states so that they may establish permanent technology assistance programs. Children would access these programs through state agencies (“Assistive Technology Act”, n.d.).

This statute is beneficial for individuals with disabilities because it encouraged the progression from temporary assistance to permanent programs and support.

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This statute encouraged the progression of assistive technology by stating that all children with disabilities must be assessed with the same measures those without disabilities are. Furthermore, universal design and its principles were defined and applied to curriculum design (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA], 2023).

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 benefits individuals with disabilities due to its expansive nature. It allowed for those with disabilities to be considered in the same ways their general education peers are, without prejudice.

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The reauthorization of the previous IDEA act further set the stage for accessibility by providing students with disabilities to the general education curriculum. The definition of disability was also expanded through IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA], 2023).

Individuals and students with disabilities have benefited from this statute due to its efforts to expand inclusion across multiple areas. If access to general education was not available, it would unfairly limit those with disabilities.