Assistive+Technology+Resources

The **[|Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)]** defines **assistive technology** as both a device and a service, as follows:

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 functional capabilities of a child with a disability. Any service that directly assists a child with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.
 * Assistive Technology Device**
 * Assistive Technology Service**

Our district has made available to qualifying students a variety of assistive technology resources, including:
 * = [[image:Bookshare 2014-05-27 at 11.34.04 AM.png width="235" height="55" link="https://www.bookshare.org/"]] ||< **[|Bookshare]** is an accessible online library for people with print disabilities. **[|Qualifying students]** can access this comprehensive and growing library of fiction and nonfiction titles, textbooks, national and regional newspapers, and magazines. ||
 * = [[image:Lexia Reading 2014-05-27 at 12.06.13 PM.png width="242" height="49"]] ||< **[|Lexia Reading]** provides "explicit, systematic, and structured practice on the essential skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and instruction. ||