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Accessible Technology Tips {AT tips} - clean & simple accessible technology tips for all

Click here to access my AIM: Accessible Instructional Materials Resources at LiveBinder s from my AT tips blog. It's designed to share the wealth of resources now available for educators and specialists navigating the rapidly changing field of AIM, also known as Accessible Instructional Materials. The headings and subheading tabs will bring you to specific topics related to AIM, but remember once you are at a site, you’ll discover more resources to explore in greater depth. http://attips.posterous.com/

Apps for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Down Syndrome and Special Needs - Touch Autism

http://touchautism.com/ Touch Autism began to build mobile device applications for children with autism spectrum disorders, Down syndrome, intellectual disabilities and other special needs after discovering how incredibly useful this type of technology can be. Some of the many advantages of these apps are that they suit visual learners, they allow for non-verbal and non-written responding, they provide immediate and consistent feedback, and are very motivating, because they are just so much fun!
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week in my school. So along with all my colleagues I'll be enjoying food, massages, trivia, prizes, and more food! I truly do appreciate that the PTA takes the time to do this each year, and look forward to it.

Teaching All Students

http://teachingall.blogspot.com/

Writing Tips & Practice With Dragon Dictate Mobile Apps [iOS]

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/writing-tips-practice-dragon-dictation-mobile-apps-ios/ Nuance’s iPhone apps, Dragon and Dragon Search have been available for free download for over a year now.
Welcome to the QIA Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Dictionary of ICT terms. We hope that you will find this resource useful.

ICT Dictionary

http://resources4ict.excellencegateway.org.uk/
You can also find more advice and guidance about accessibility and inclusion from JISC TechDis, a leading educational advisory service working across the UK: www.techdis.ac.uk

Home | RSC

http://inclusivity.rsc-yh.ac.uk/
A special thanks to Chris Von See of TechAdapt Accessible Media Center (TAMC) for this guest feature. http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.org.uk/e-inclusion/

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fast and usable calculator

SpeedCrunch is a fast, high precision and powerful desktop calculator. http://www.speedcrunch.org/en_US/index.html
http://www.lexdis.org.uk/ LexDis is for those who are using or developing on-line learning materials.

Lexdis - Ideas for e-Learning

Shannon Des Roches Rosa : MyBlogHer Profile | BlogHer

Obviously, I'm feeling angry and confrontational.
Windows Browsers Summary - Firefox has the best HTML5 Accessibility Support Score Mac Browsers Summary - Safari has the best HTML5 Accessibility Support Score Overview

HTML5 accessibility

Sometimes in public discourse, Autistic adults and non-Autistic parents disagree over very important issues that affect each of us personally. Sometimes this disagreement is spectacularly explosive.

The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism

My husband and I have been waffling between buying our 13-year old son with Asperger's a MacBook Air or an iPad, because obviously there's a bit of a price difference, as well as questions about long-term usability, endurance & versatility.

iHelp for Autism - Page 1 - News - San Francisco - SF Weekly

First of all, let's get one thing straight: we are not talking about farmer's fields.

Using Fields in Word