Assistive Technology for Autism, Reading and Math Disabilities
Ask the Advocate, LLC Maureen Brown,
Assistive Technology and Learning Disabilities.
"Technology has the power to transform disabilities into possibilities, unlocking the potential within each individual to thrive and contribute to the world."
I conducted a free workshop on the use of assistive technology for kids with disabilities last night with AT Specialist Colleen Weiner.
Before sharing more resources for students with autism, dyslexia, and math disabilities. I wanted to start with a quotation.
"Assistive technology is not about changing who the student is. It's about empowering them to showcase their abilities without barriers."
Autism
Autismate: An app that uses interactive movies and visual aids to teach social skills to people with autism.
Proloquo2Go: A communication tool that facilitates successful communication for non-verbal people. Especially those with autism, by using graphics and symbols.
EmotiPlay: A program that helps kids with autism develop their social and emotional abilities. By using AI to evaluate emotions and facial expressions.
Cognoa: An AI-powered platform that provides children with autism spectrum disorder with individualized intervention programs and early screening.
Autism Glass: an AI-powered wearable gadget that can identify facial expressions. And give people with autism real-time social signals during social situations.
Milo: A humanoid robot created to use interactive lessons to teach social skills and communication to kids with autism.
Brain Power: creates wearable technology and applications driven by AI to help people with autism enhance their everyday life abilities, social interactions, and emotion detection.
These are but a handful of the tools available; with further study and development, the area of AI applications for autism assistance is still developing. To choose the best resources and solutions, it is crucial to investigate each student's unique requirements and seek advice from experts.
Numerous facets of reading and learning can benefit greatly from the use of AI technologies for dyslexia. Here are a few instances:
Lexplore: By monitoring students' eye movements while they read, Lexplore employs AI to rapidly and correctly evaluate reading proficiency. It can spot possible dyslexia symptoms and offer information to help with specialized intervention plans.
Read&Write: is a literacy assistance tool designed to help people with dyslexia. With reading, writing, and comprehension activities. It uses AI-driven capabilities, including word prediction, text-to-speech. And optical character recognition (OCR).
Co Writer is a predictive text tool that helps people with dyslexia create written content more precisely. And effectively by using artificial intelligence (AI) to propose words based on grammar and context.
Ghotit Real Writer & Reader: Designed for people with dyslexia, dysgraphia, or other learning disabilities. Ghotit uses artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to provide spell-checking, grammatical correction, and word prediction.
Snap&Read: By turning digital text into audio format and offering reading assistance features. Snap&Read uses AI-powered text-to-speech and OCR technologies to make digital text accessible to those with dyslexia.
BrainHQ: By providing cognitive training activities that enhance reading fluency, attentiveness. And processing speed through tailored AI-driven treatments, BrainHQ can help people with dyslexia by bolstering reading-related cognitive abilities.
Through individualized training, adaptive learning opportunities, and focused treatments, artificial intelligence (AI) tools can provide significant assistance to those with math disabilities, sometimes referred to as dyscalculia. Examples of AI technologies intended to help with arithmetic challenges include the following:
DreamBox: DreamBox offers individualized arithmetic training based on each student's learning requirements and skills using AI algorithms. To assist students with arithmetic difficulties in developing their abilities.It provides interactive exercises, adaptive courses, and real-time feedback.
Mathspace: An AI-powered math learning tool called Mathspace provides interactive math problems, detailed explanations, and tailored feedback. It adjusts to the ability level of each learner and offers focused assistance to overcome certain dyscalculic difficulties.
Numskill: AI is used by Numskill to evaluate students' mathematical skills and offer individualized learning programs to strengthen weak areas. It provides voice explanations, visual aids, and adaptive activities to help people with dyscalculia.
CogniFit: CogniFit provides cognitive training programs that use tailored AI-driven treatments to enhance working memory, attention. And mathematics processing abilities. By enhancing fundamental math-related cognitive skills, it can help those with dyscalculia.
ModMath: An AI-powered tool called ModMath was created especially to help people with dyscalculia organize and solve arithmetic problems. It offers a digital platform for formula creation and manipulation, with flexibility to suit various learning methods and visual aids.
Happy Numbers:Happy Numbers uses artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver arithmetic courses and activities that are adjustable to the ability level and learning style of each learner. It provides visual models, interactive activities, and scaffolding support to help dyscalculic kids become more confident and proficient in arithmetic.
These artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can augment conventional math training and give people with arithmetic difficulties focused assistance, enabling them to overcome obstacles and succeed in the subject.
Every kid on an IEP should be evaluated to see whether any technology may assist their learning requirements, whether they are high tech or low tech.
