Assistive Technology For Disabled Children

Over the years, disabled children were not able to obtain the assistance that they need in order to better their mentally and physical performance towards academic performance. Disabled children faced a variety of discrimination in educational systems because they were looked as incapable of accomplishing tasks. Disabled children were not allowed to attend to school because they did not acquire enough intelligence. Assistive technology was created to help disabled children to improve social skills and improve their daily activities. This a great tool because it can help a student learn by allowing them to take the same courses as other students. Assistive technology helps children build independence and social skills. As the Internet has become …show more content…
Assistive technology can be designed to increase interdependence among disabled children or prevent disabled students from achieving personal goals. Specialized technology helps disabled people to become more independent and more involved in the activities in schools and communities (Berry, 2003).Assistive technology increases a child social skills by building up psychical functioning. This helps students to build social skills and interdependence because they will not depend on their caregivers. Also, communication devices can help children increase hearing impairment .Children who have a difficulty hearing do not have hearing aid. Therefore, assistive devices can provide hearing aids for children who have hearing loss. This can help children by allowing them to be aware of their surroundings by listening .Devices that function for daily activities helps disabled children to complete daily tasks. For example, they are devices that will help enhance social skills. There are assistive devices that would help children to learn how to read and write. Also, gain study skills and gain knowledge. Special software’s allow people with cognitive impartments to use the computer to enhance their memory, and to communicate (Berry, 2003).People who are blind are able to use cognitive devices because it would enhance their speaking skills and allow them to be …show more content…
Also assistive devices would help disabled student to practice and learn at slow pace. Assistive technology would help student increase academic performance and interpendence.Students who acquire assistive device would not depend on their caregivers because they will be able to do things for their own self. By integrating assistive devices can help children to not feel unequal because they will able to participate in activities. Also, there should be a spread of awareness in schools about assistive technology. Also, schools should be able to provide more programs that can help children with disabilities. Also, interventions of assistive devices can help improve current assistive devices by providing well developed devices that can help student