Communication
Augmentative
and Alternative Communication is communication for those with impairments or
restrictions on the production or comprehension of a written or spoken
language.
Some methods that can assist special needs students with AAC
require no use of technology. Unaided strategies rely on the users body convey
messages. The low technology strategies that can be used are gestures, body
language and sign language. A low-tech strategy that could be used in the
classroom is a choice board. A choice board has pictures, symbols and objects that
can be used to communicate daily learning activities. The students’ can chose
an answer from the choice board to complete a sentence started on another
choice board. 
A high-tech strategy that can be used in the classroom is the
DynaVox Xpress., is a lightweight, durable and portable AAC device. It comes
with wireless Internet, Bluetooth, and a built in camera. The pages can be
modified and students can use it as a way to communicate in the classroom.
Accessibility
An Input Device for
people with special needs is any device that aides mentally or physically
handicapped people to input information into a technological device. 
Hardware Option:
The Eyetech tm2 is a mouse replacement device that
allows the user to place the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen just by looking
at the desire location. This device could
be a helpful took for people that have little to no hand
function. Students could use this tool in class just by using their eye as the
curser. It would really motivate students to be independent by giving them the opportunity
to use these tools without having to use their hands. 
Software Option:
Click-n-type is an onscreen virtual keyboard designed to
provide computer accessibility to anyone with a disability that is unable to
type from a physical computer keyboard. Students who are able to hold and click
a mouse can use this software keyboard. 
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