By Chauncy N. Rucker
In the early Assistive Technology years I had an Adaptive Firmware Card (AFC) and a Unicorn Board. I often used the two together to demonstrate how these devices could be a significant improvement for those who used switches to access an Apple computer.
Several people I interviewed for the Assistive Technology Oral History [...]

Education software specialist, Crick Software, is poised to launch Clicker 6, the latest version of its award winning literacy support tool, at ATIA Orlando this month.
Clicker is currently used on over half a million school computers worldwide, helping thousands of students to significantly improve their reading and writing skills.
What’s New in Clicker 6?
Clicker 6 builds [...]

Judy Lynn Software, Inc. develops software for individuals with special needs from early cause & effect up to transitional skills. Judy Lynn Software, Inc was founded by Elliot & Myra Pludwinski in 1991 when they couldn’t find special needs software for their daughter Judy.  Elliot, a programmer by trade, began developing “Cause & Effect” software [...]

Research on brain activity fails to support widely used approach to identify dyslexic students.
Regardless of high or low overall scores on an IQ test, children with dyslexia show similar patterns of brain activity, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health. The results call into question the discrepancy model — the practice of [...]