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Equity of Access: Adaptive Technology
Frances S. Grodzinsky
- Introduction
- The Problems
- An Example: Sacred Heart University
- One Solution: An Adaptive Technology Laboratory
- New Concerns
- Examples of Adaptive Technology
- Adaptive Software
- Ergonomics
- Alternative Input Features and Devices
- Adaptations for the Visually-Impaired
- Devices for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Impact on Students
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- Resources
- References
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Examples of Adaptive Technology
A variety of hardware and software tools can provide access to information technology for persons with disabilities. To date, these have generally been designed by vendors who specialize in adaptive devices. Currently, however, we are seeing some movement by large computer vendors toward creating products with accessibility for the disabled. Billie J. Wahlstrom, in her article “Communication and Technology: Defining a Feminist Presence in Research and Practice,” poses an interesting question:
Despite the success of such programs (adaptive technologies), we should ask why adaptive software that allows for a variety of learning styles and disabilities has to be added to our systems. Why is it not simply developed from the start? (11)
We are beginning to see some movement in that direction.
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