• Early intervention services are for children under the age of 3. Known as Part C of IDEA, the early intervention program exists in every state and includes free evaluation of the baby or toddler to see what the problem is, identifying the needs of the child (and family) based on the child’s disability or developmental delay, and designing and delivering an individualized family service plan (IFSP) to address the child’s unique needs.
• Special education and related services are for children from 3 to 21, sometimes older. These services include specially designed instruction and a wide range of supports to address the student’s individual needs that result from his or her disability. Special education and related services are available to eligible children, free of charge, through the public school system. 

• They are especially helpful for students who have:
• visual field loss 
• additional physical difficulties  

• Proloquo2Go by Assistiveware, which features over 10,000 words, is easy to customize for physical or cognitive needs and can be used in many different languages. Compatible with iOS; costs about $250.
• TouchChat HD by Prentke Romich Company, which provides English and Spanish options and allows the user to choose a voice that fits their personality. Compatible with iOS; costs about $150.

• Kiwi, a “socially assistive robot” created by a team of researchers from the University of Southern California that teaches autistic children both how to do math and socialize
• QTrobot, created by a company at the University of Luxembourg, which is intended to "increase children’s willingness to interact with human therapists, and decrease discomfort during therapy sessions."
• Human-shaped robots created at MIT to help develop social skills and empathy in children with autism.

• Special seating arrangements to develop useful posture and movements
• Instruction focused on development of gross and fine motor skills
• Securing suitable augmentative communication and other assistive devices
• Awareness of medical condition and its affect on the student (such as getting tired quickly)

• speech recognition software
• screen reading software
• augmentative and alternative communication devices (such as communication boards)
• academic software packages for students with disabilities

• canes
• walkers
• crutches
• wheelchairs
• specialized exercise equipment
• specialized chairs, desks, and tables for proper posture development

• A sound source, such as a public address system, microphone, or home TV or telephone
• An amplifier
• A thin loop of wire that encircles a room or branches out beneath carpeting
• A receiver worn in the ears or as a headset

Talking spell-checkers/electronic dictionaries

Word prediction software programs

Speech Synthesizers/Screen Readers

• Intellectual functioning (such as learning, problem solving, judgement).
• Adaptive functioning (activities of daily life such as communication and independent living).

• Cognition aids: These are employed to assist people lacking in memory retention, attention, and thinking skills. Time management tools, graphic organizers, activity planners and reminders are the popular examples of cognition aids.
• Educational aids: Screen readers, voice recognition programs, text-to-speech software, graphic organizers, proof-reading software, etc. to provide ease of reading and writing for students with sensory and intellectual deficits.
• Communication aids: Audio books, communication cards, etc. help enable communication in augmentative manner, and sometimes, as an alternative to speech too.
• Math tools: Certain speech recognition software are designed to allow students to do calculations over microphone and display results to the evaluator.