Issues in Assistive Technology Implementation: Resolving AT/IT Conflicts.

Newton, Deborah A.; Dell, Amy G.

The article explores issues in the implementation of assistive technology (AT) which are caused by the information technology (IT) departments of schools. While U.S. schools provide AT needed by students with learning disabilities, sometimes the technology are not installed because the AT staff does not have administrative privileges and the IT personnel is the only person allowed to install the AT. In addition, the authors claim that the rapid growth of the Internet and the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act have affected the implementation of AT in schools.

UNITED States; ASSISTIVE technology; INFORMATION technology; EDUCATION of students with disabilities; CHILDREN with learning disabilities; EDUCATIONAL technology

Journal of Special Education Technology, 2009, Vol 24, Issue 1, p51

0162-6434

Academic Journal

10.1177/016264340902400105