This week we had a guest speaker who came and spoke to us about assistive technology. I thought that this was a really great topic to discuss because it is important from a moral and legal standpoint but I did not have a lot of knowledge about it. Since so many people have some form of disability it is really important that we know how to use or refer the technology that could help them.

One type of assistive technology that I thought was really interesting was the pen you showed us in class where you highlight words and it will read it out loud. I was impressed with how well and how quickly it worked.

I also think its interesting that an iPad can be used as a piece of assistive technology. I wonder if there would be issues with other students getting jealous that only one student can use an iPad and not the others. I wonder if the student would feel like there is a lot of attention on them and possibly feel self-conscience.