ipad+use+with+autistic+children

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 * How Assistive technology helps non-verbal learners.**
 * IPAD-versetile, convenient, affordable and portable
 * IPAD is easy to use and therefore less stressful for children
 * Children know what to expect with technology and enjoy it.
 * Often non-verbal autistic children find it difficult to relate to others in any sort of meaningful way-Technology gives them confidence.
 * Source: (Technology helps children deal with autism in School, By Janice Youngwith, 2011)**
 * Technology can provide a new and interesting way of learning for all children
 * When Assistive technology is used in the classroom, it gives children a new way to approach learning and complete work
 * Assistive technology helps children with autism specifically do things more easily and gives them a chance to work independently on tasks rather than being assisted
 * Assistive technology is a way in which children can be organised without being stressed
 * Assistive technology helps all learners, for example; you could use A.T to assist in reading tasks.
 * Source: (SC Curriculum Access through AT,** [|**http://www.sc.edu/scatp/cdrom/atused.htmlhttp://www.sc.edu/scatp/cdrom/atused.html**]**)**


 * Assistive technology is a great communication device for children who are non-verbal autistic. It is a way in which they can express what they want or how they feel in a particular situation, and relate to others.
 * Assistive technology is a way that children can be proactive and do things efficiently.
 * // ‘The Autism Resource Foundation states that certain types of computer assistive technology (AT) can help nonverbal autistics communicate. Traditionally, the technology has been used by disabled individuals with cerebral motor disabilities. Many of these same AT technologies are being used to help nonverbal autistics. The technologies include pointing systems that use pictures and symbols. Pointing systems are compatible with the communication cards already commonly used by nonverbal autistics.’ //

 __Current Research__
**// Source: (Assistive technology for non-verbal autistics, by Donna Mcfadden, http://www.ehow.com/about_6500071_assistive-technology-nonverbal-autistics.html) //**
 * //‘Research has shown that children with multiple and complex disabilities often face considerable barriers in their interactions and in their participation in meaningful everyday occupations (such as self-care, play, leisure and education), and that participation in occupations and occupational roles is restricted and limited when compared with that of children without disabilities (Brown and Gordon 1987, Cavet 1995, Stevens et al 1996, Henry 1998, Kerr et al 2006, Law et al 2006, 2007).’//
 * //‘The use of computers and of information and communication technology (ICT) has become commonplace within all aspects of modern society, with ever-changing developments in computer technologies. The resources available to people both with and without disabilities have multiplied in recent years, with the vast majority of society using computer technologies in some respect to enhance daily living (Alliance for Technology Access 2004).’ //
 * Technology can give children who do have a disability a way to be included into a community and society (Besio and Salminen, 2004, Simpson et al 2006, Cook and Polger, 2008)
 * Technology can be a way for children with a disabiltiy to take part on regualar activites in or out of school, and engage more with their peers.(Langone 2000)
 * Source: (How do computer assistive technologies enhance participation in childhood occupations for children with multiple and complex disabilities? A review of current literature, by Jane Chantry, Carolyn Dunford, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6805/is_8_73/ai_n57925607/) **