"Technology meant to provide help in performing a task, whether general or specific. Assistive technology for the web includes braille keyboards, audio browsers which read web pages, or alternative entry devices such as a mouth-stick." (www.joedolson.com/glossary.php)
Describe one piece of equipment introduced in the assistive technology tutorial. Provide information on size, cost and functions.
A piece of assistive technology which liked during this tutorial was the countdown timer. The timer was the size or a normal wall clock, relatively inexpensive and provided a visual representation on the amount of time passing rather than just numbers.
The idea of understanding numbers and time are very difficult concept to grasp for people with diagnoses such as autism. the timer increases peoples functional capacity by enabling them to have some understanding of time and what it is.
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