Assistive Technology allows for students with a disability to stay on task with the rest of the class. For instance, students who have trouble hearing, there are microphones that the teacher has around there neck which allows the student to hear what is being taught through an ear piece.
When looking at the definition of assistive technology, what seems to stick out to me is "improve functional capabilities of individuals", and also "modified, or customized".
At technology levels go from no tech which is strategy to lo tech, example being pencil grips. At the mid tech levels are calculators to high tech, screen readers.
Positioning is the best posture for a person to be in for a particular function. Mobility is the act of movement, facilitate movement in various environments. This applies to areas outside of the classroom. Using the positioning of a person to allow movement of the body, allows a boy who cannot move their legs, to experience how it feels to kick a soccer ball by using what he is capable to do.
Assistive technology allows students who have difficulty moving their limbs to play instruments. Technology in education allows a student to be heard who cannot talk, through a voice trained instrument that allows translation of what one is trying to say.
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