HLPs and Assistive Technology For Dyslexia by Sarah Shin

Introduction

sshin124 — 2025-06-07 20:39:26 UTC

My name is Sarah Shin and I chose the article about Assistive Technology for students with dyslexia. I chose this topic because I personally know people with dyslexia and how it has effected their learning process, and I wanted to get a better understanding and see what some of their options are.

Summary

sshin124 — 2025-06-07 20:42:23 UTC

The article was about how dyslexia not only effects a student's reading ability, but also their writing and spelling ability as well. It goes on to offer different types of assistive technology that can be used to help students along with the benefits. It also showed how to find assistive technology for students.

Key Practice 1

sshin124 — 2025-06-07 20:44:11 UTC

The article offered many different types of assistive technology but one I found important was word prediction. Since students with dyslexia also struggle with spelling, using word prediction can help guide them with how to spell words.

Key Practice 2

sshin124 — 2025-06-07 20:46:09 UTC

Another tech option that was mentioned was narrator. It uses speech recognition for the user to control their computer. That way if they have difficulties reading what's on the screen, they can use their voice and speak to get to where they need. This allows for the student to effectively use their resources without struggling when hitting a rough patch.

Text to World

sshin124 — 2025-06-07 20:49:09 UTC

There are many students/children around the world that have dyslexia. Oftentimes, before a child is diagnosed with dyslexia people may think the student is just behind. This article helps include children with dyslexia into education because it brings awareness. This article helps people understand what dyslexia is and how it effects a student's education. It also offers help, and gives resources that can be used to help these students with their education.

Text to Self

sshin124 — 2025-06-07 20:53:07 UTC

This article has taught me resources I can provide to students with dyslexia, allowing them to always be included in their education. Learning about dyslexia has also made me realize that there are resources out there. Previously, I was unaware of the options there were for those with dyslexia. I thought it was something people struggled with and just had to figure out on their own. This article has been helpful for my future as an educator, so that I know that there are always options and ways to help.

Text to Text

sshin124 — 2025-06-07 21:00:27 UTC

This article made me think back to chapter 8 of our textbook and Cristian. Although Cristian did not have dyslexia I felt like his struggles reminded me of this article. Cristian had hearing loss and with a cochlear implant he had a speech and language delay. The different types of communication difficulties made me think that those difficulties were the opposite to the struggles faced with dyslexia. It also made me think back to Ryan in chapter 7 who had a specific learning disability in language arts. Although these are all different types of disabilities, they all struggle with language arts.

APA References

sshin124 — 2025-06-07 21:03:44 UTC

Child Mind Institute. (2025, January 16). What is Dyslexia | Child Mind Institute. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leFyIX4e3Xk

Family Eyecare Solutions. (2022, December 22). Vision And Dyslexia - Family Eyecare Solutions. Family Eyecare Solutions. https://familyeyecaresolutions.com/vision-and-dyslexia/

Sarah. (2016, September 5). All about Dyslexia. Sarah’s Teaching Snippets. https://sarahsnippets.com/all-about-dyslexia/

to, T. (2019). Assistive Technologies to Support Students With Dyslexia (1).pdf. Google Docs. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tr4AaF1YZ9Mlh2TO5t-npp-qhFqq_2sZ/view?usp=sharing

Turnbull, A. P., Wehmeyer, M. L., Shogren, K. A., & Burke, M. A. (2023). Exceptional lives : practice, progress, & dignity in today’s schools. Pearson.

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