{"id":61,"date":"2013-06-11T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2014-07-16T22:25:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T22:25:48","slug":"at-news-from-around-the-web-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/at-news-from-around-the-web-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AT News From Around the Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/assistive-technology.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/assistive-technology-300x225.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">Here at the AT Network, we love seeing what other AT-focused organizations are doing.&nbsp; We also like to keep up with AT news around the nation and the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">Here are some other blogs and interesting articles <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">related to assistive technology <\/span>that we have found on the internet. Feel free to tell us about another AT source that you frequent by typing it in our comments section below!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bdmtech.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Assistive Technology Blog<\/a>: Learn about assistive technology for people with reading  disabilities, dyslexia, low vision, blindness and other disabilities  that make reading, writing and other tasks difficult. Written by someone  who uses assistive technology to read and write.&nbsp; <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.assistivetechnologyblog.com\/2013\/05\/i-limb-ultra-prosthetic-hand-controlled.html\" target=\"_blank\">I-Limb Ultra:&nbsp; Prosethetic Hand Controlled by iPhone App<\/a>:&nbsp; this app is connected to a bionic  prosthetic hand via Bluetooth and users can select different \u2018grips\u2019 for  any specific tasks they need to do. Sounds like something out of a  movie, right? That\u2019s what 16 year old Patrick Kane thought when he was  fitted with the bionic hand. He lost his hand as a baby due to meningococcal septicaemia, but with this  revolutionary new device he is able to  carry out movements that are so precise they have not been possible with  a normal prosthetic in the past: he can now hold a glass, pick up a  piece of paper and tie his shoelaces with the touch of a button on his  iPhone.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.assistivetechnology.vcu.edu\/2013\/06\/04\/unique-learning-summer-curriculum-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">Unique Learning Summer Curriculum:<\/a>&nbsp; If you haven\u2019t had a chance to try the Unique Learning Systems  Curriculum, now is the time to try it. Their summer curriculum is free!  Unique Learning System is the only online, dynamic, standards-based  curriculum specifically designed for students with learning disabilities. All materials are  created using SymbolStix graphics. The unit lesson plans define three  levels of differentiated tasks to accommodate a diversity of learners.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atclassroom.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Goals to Support AAC use<\/a>: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><i><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">When  a student is provided an AAC device, the next part is to think about,  how do we teach it? How do we support it? How do we write goals in the  IEP.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Remembering  that goals must be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and  timely, when it comes to AAC, we must also consider that who, what, when, where and how. Who does our student need to communicate with?<\/span><\/span><i><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"> <span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">What  do they need to be able to communicate for? When do they communicate?  Where do they go in their lives? How are they going to communicate?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><i><b><br \/><\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.assistivetechnj.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/tlc-spotlight-blue2-bluetooth-switch.html\" target=\"_blank\">TLC Spotlight: Blue2 Bluetooth Switch:<\/a> With the Ablenet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enablemart.com\/Catalog\/Mobile-Accessories\/Ablenet-Blue2-Bluetooth-Switch\">Blue2 <\/a>Bluetooth  Switch, you will have access to your favorite compatible iPad, iPhone,  and iPod Touch applications. You simply sync the Blue2 switch with your  Apple\u00ae device and activate the switch scanning mode.<\/span> With two built-in switches, the<span style=\"color: black;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enablemart.com\/Catalog\/Mobile-Accessories\/Ablenet-Blue2-Bluetooth-Switch\"> Blue2<\/a> supports both single and dual switch access. Additional switches can be  used with the Blue2 Switch by plugging them into the available ports.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/globalaccessibilitynews.com\/2013\/05\/30\/international-conference-on-assistive-technology-june-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Conference on Assistive Technology: <\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u201cA lot of the current technology for people&nbsp; with disabilities focuses  on addressing everyday needs like working, eating, moving about the  house&#8230; That\u2019s important, but it\u2019s also important that  people&nbsp;with disabilities have access to an outlet for their creativity.  We are working to give people the ability to express themselves  creatively.&#8221;<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at the AT Network, we love seeing what other AT-focused organizations are doing.&nbsp; We also like to keep up with AT news around the nation and the world.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here are some other blogs and interesting articles related to assistive technology that we have found on the internet. 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