Assistive Technologies

Updated on March 11, 2017

These websites and apps provide free help to kids and students who need assistive technologies to help them learn. Many are for students with visual and reading difficulties.

Described and Captioned Media Program

From site:  Explore our Web site to learn how we are living our mission to promote and provide equal access to communication and learning for students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. The DCMP media…

Center on Technology and Disability

These assistive and instructional technology (AT/IT) resources enable children across the ability spectrum to participate fully at home, in school, and in the community. The resources include personal and professional development (PPD) webinars, articles, guides, training materials and more. Whether…

TechMatrix

Find more than 30 free educational and assistive technology products for students with special needs. Items include a description, grade level(s), IDEA disability category, and subject area(s) for which the technology is helpful. Most of those described are apps.

Bookshare.org

From site:  Bookshare.org believes that people with print disabilities should have the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy. The Bookshare.org library provides print disabled people in the United States with legal access to…