Niagara College employs an Assistive Technologist to assist students with learning disabilities to achieve their full potential while coping with a disability.
The right technology used correctly can change everything! Assistive Technologies consists of any device that allows an individual to accomplish a task by minimizing the affects of a disability.
In order to access these services a student must first meet with a disability counsellor and provide a valid confirmation of a learning disability.
Kurzweil 3000, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Inspiration, Note taking devices, FM systems and PDA's are just a few of the AT programs and devices that are available for disabled students to evaluate while at Niagara College. Make an appointment with a Disability Counsellor to find out more.
For optimal performance in combination with other applications running on your system, an Intel® Pentium® III / 500 MHz processor (or equivalent AMD processor) or faster and 512 MB RAM is recommended. See below for individual software package system requirements.
If you are uncertain if your computer matches the system requirements of the following programs, please feel free to download and run the Windows CPU Identification Program to help determine the speed of your computer.
WCPUID: Windows CPU Identification Program
- Download and unzip the file and follow the instructions in the "WCPUID read me!" document.
- wcpuid.zip (zip archive file)
Assistive Technology Software that the College regularly uses:
Kurzweil 3000
A scanning, reading, and studying tool often used by people who have learning disabilities.
Keyboard Shortcut Templates Print and cut out one of these Keyboard shortcut templates and place it above the F-Keys on your keyboard for quick reference.
- F keys Template (MS Word Document)
- F keys Template for laptops (MS Word Document)
Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred
A computer speech recognition program that allows people to talk to their computer and have their speech turned into type.
Internet links to free programs that you might be able to use. If you are not sure about it please don’t feel you have to use any of these.
If your computer starts to act “funny” after installing any of these programs uninstall that program immediately.
The Assistive Technologist also maintains a web-log on Assistive Technology that includes links and comments on free programs that can be found on the web and used for Assistive Technology purposes. CHECK IT OUT!! http://atatthedoor.blogspot.com
Mind mapping software
A planning tool. The Learning Stratigest may have showed you this strategy on paper.
There are assistive technology computer labs that disabled students can have access to during school hours located at both campuses. Rooms SE102 in Welland and the left side of the NOTL Campus Library are where students can get access to the labs.
Note: These labs are sometimes used for accommodated test taking and are not always available for this reason.
Niagara College provides AT training to learning disabled students through the services of the Assistive Technologist.
Technology alone is not enough and the real value of Assistive Technology is seen only when the appropriate strategies are used. The right technology used correctly can change everything!
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