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"any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability"

To put it simply, Assistive Technologies are the tools that we use as teachers to help our students with disabilities operate on a day-to-day basis.

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Differentiated Instruction is an effective type of instructions that is responsive to the learning preferences, interests, and readiness of the learner.
For many teachers it serves as a way to create an organized framework for teaching and learning. It does this by responding to the need of the sutdent and providing a balance of shared guiedm and independent instructional strategies.

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Assistive technology is important to students because it allows them to perform at there most effective/efficient level. Without these tools, students would either be left behind by the difficult content, or would be forced to work tediously on tasks that could be done faster.

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Differentiated Instruction allows teachers the ability to support their student's individual needs without having to alter the content for the entire classroom. Without the use of differentiated instruction, teachers would be forced to simplify their instruction in order to have the baseline learning objectives fit the need of all the individual students.

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Ex. of Differentiated Instruction can consist of:
1.) Text materials on tape
2.) Small group work to extend the thinking and skills of advanced learners
3.) Incorporating Auditory AND visual means of learning

Ex. of Assistive Technologies can consist of:

Closed Captioning
1.) Hearing Aids
2.) Large Print Books
3.) Print outs/Picture Schedules

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Here are some great Assistive technologies that can be incorporated technologies! 

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Here are some great Assistive technologies that can be incorporated technologies! 

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Top 6 Assistive Technology For People With Disabilities

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mskj1JxlzoU&t=13s

https://www.teachthought.com/technology/15-assistive-technology-tools-resources-for-students-with-disabilities/

https://www.readingrockets.org/article/what-differentiated-instruction