The Assistive Technology Continuum

The assistive technology continuum refers to the range from low to high technology that is available to help students. Assistive technology will begin at the low-tech range and consistently rise to mid tech and eventually high tech. This rise only occurs, however, if a students needs are unmet with the previous degrees of assistive technology. The process of moving students from low to mid and then to high technology is a slow process, and must be very carefully evaluated. Low-tech options such as keyboard labels can progress into touch screens, and touch screens can eventually progress into more high tech items such as eye gazing software.