Mouse Emulators

There are many different mouse emulators that have been created to help students who may not be able to properly use a regular computer mouse. One type of mouse emulator are trackballs. Students who have poor fine motor skills and poor ranges of motion use these trackballs. Another mouse emulator is a joystick. This is an item that is used to move the cursor around the screen instead of the mouse. Students who may have poor fine motor skills and also students who may need to operate the joystick with something other than their hand use it. A more high tech mouse emulator is touchscreens. Touchscreens allow the students to touch their screen to select items instead of using a mouse. Students who may have autism, and younger students use Touchscreens.