An Overview of Assistive Technology
Learning disabilities can't be cured or fixed. But with the help of certain tools and techniques, a child (or adult) with a learning disability can work around his or her difficulties in reading, writing, spelling, math, organization or memory.
Many children, adolescents and adults w...
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Choosing an Assistive Technology
To first provide a simple LD-focused definition of assistive technology, let's define assistive technology as any item, any piece of equipment or any system that helps an individual bypass, work around or compensate for a specific learning problem. Though not as broad as the legal de...
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Apps for Students with LD: Organization & Study
Students with learning disabilities often have trouble with study skills like getting and staying organized—a crucial executive function skill—and remembering what needs to happen and when. My daughter (who has dyslexia) and I have researched and/or tested the following apps, and ...
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Assistive Technology - Making Good Decisions for Your Student
Reflecting back on my time as a rookie junior high school teacher in the mid-1970s, I remember regularly asking my LD Resource Room students to reflect (we called it “constructive complaining”) on what they could do, both in school and at home, to complete their assignments, be mo...
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Making Technology Part of your Back-to-School Planning
For many families, the back-to-school season means shopping for school supplies and new clothes. As it gets closer to the first day of school, for a young child it means watching the mailbox for a letter from his new teacher, or for older students it means going to school to register...
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We reached out to our social media community and asked for their favorite LD-related app recommendations. A quick browse through this list will connect you with various apps that can educate, inspire and motivate students with learning disabilities. If you have any other ideas, please add them to the comments below. And to join NCLD’s social media community, please visit us on Facebook and Twitter.
