Assistive Technology Day 9 July 15, 2010

We did our social stories presentation and it was wonderful to see the range of scripts and perspective, I was pleased to be part of this in class presentation, it was relaxed, respectful and absolutely wonderful. Then we watched a film about inclusion and how that would look for a variety of students with a variety of needs. I was blown away at the amount of planning and people that it really does take for it all to come together, so I can see how that can be very challenging.


So in this picture is a selection of switches, a very small selection, minuscule is comparison to what is available in the assistive technology world that is ever changing. I was overwhelmed, a bit scared and uncertain about my confidence in this area, I can see how important it is to surround yourself with good people. My mind was unable to comprehend the tutorial it was I was taken in this information for the very first time and had no idea where to start.

I do realize that inclusive education is changing so quickly that we can hardly keep up, especially after today in both classes, this morning I watched Aimee Mullins, who has 12 sets of legs, and is bridging the cap between disabled and able body as it relates to her athleticism and she is not alone in this quest for equity. It is unprecedented the progress we have made in this field of technology and I can only imagine where we are headed.