OATS
Open Source Assistive Technology
Software
Explore or develop assistive technology software. Join forums and blogs. Help you, your child, or your student to become more independent, engaged, and equal among peers.
Why Assistive Technology?
- students participate more fully
- creates better equity among students
- establish independence for students
Text Input Projects
Why should we have assistive technology?
Testimonial
"I think that if I was introduced to these technologies, and they helped me, every other student in the world who needs them should have the right to have them, no matter what age, sex, country or ethnicity."
--sixth grade student who has been using ATs since kindergarten
Works Cited
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OATS: http://www.oatsoft.org/
Assistive Technology in Education: A Critical Analysis of the "Highs" and "Lows": http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Issues_in_Digital_Technology_in_Education/Assistive_Technology_in_Educ