Low Tech
Pencil grips can be good low tech devices to use for students with multiple disabilities. They can help students with a physical disability or those who have problems with fine motor skills. They can also be used for sensory purposes to help students who are on the autism spectrum. These can help control their handwriting, teach them how to hold a pencil, or sharpen their fine motor skills. Pencil grips may be distracting for some students and they will pay more attention to the different grips instead of the assignment.
Mid Tech
Wheel chairs can be used to assist students with a physical disability or motor skill deficit. This will allow students to get around easily and they can be used independently. Students in wheel chairs may struggle to get around if there are a lot of people in a hallway, not enough room in the classroom, or a mess on the floor. They may also have to take longer routes to get from one place to another if there isn't an elevator or ramp nearby and they need to go to a different floor. Another mid tech device is a screen magnifier. This can be used for students with a vision impairment and can also help students with ADD/ADHD if they need to focus on a certain section of a paper or website. Students may get distracted using this tool if they started to magnify random sections without actually focusing on the assignment. This only works online so tablets or computers must be present in order to use this device.
High Tech
Clicker 7 is a program with many features to assist someone with multiple disabilities. One of the features pictured above is voice notes. Students can practice vocally recording their sentences before writing. Once the recording is finished a little bubble will pop up as seen above. After recording what they want to say, they start typing and if they forget what they were going to say they can listen to their recording again. Clicking on the buttons allows the student to listen to their note. A maximum of 6 voice notes can be added to a document at a time, so some students may struggle to get all of their ideas organized into just 6 voice notes. If the environment is too noisy, it may be hard to hear their voice note when listening to it again. The other image shown above highlights the accessibility of the program. It is a touch-screen friendly program; an on-screen keyboard is available for students to use. A feature called SuperKeys is available. They are big, brightly colored keys for students who may have physical challenges and low vision. SuperKeys also enlarges the text already on the screen. If there is a lot of text on the screen a student may find it hard to navigate through the text. Clicker 7 also has eye gaze and switch access available in their accessibility menu. Students may need help finding these different options, so Clicker 7 may be a difficult program for students to use by themselves. It is also an expensive program.