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Free, Open Source and Portable Technologies
Are we really going free range? E.A. Draffan
Autism in Higher Education
ECU 2010 UG Degree
ECU 2010 Other UG
ECU 2010 PG
2012 SURVEY respondents
Unseen condition 14.80% 18.90% 23.30% 16.30%
Multiple impairments 5.20% 5.80% 4.90% N/A
Autism Spectrum Disorder 1.40% 0.80% 0.70% 3.60%
Specific Learning Differences 55.00% 42.70% 40.20% 62.50%
Other conditions 9.20% 10.60% 11.80% 8.80%
DSA Survey 2011/12
Autistic spectrum disorder•Most likely group to be diagnosed before FE/HE•48% made comments about DSA helped them to overcome issues with shared facilities (3rd highest after chronic medical / fatigue and mobility/pain)•65% made comments about helping to keep up with peers•52% made comments about the importance of accessing specialist software (one of the lowest groups)•Least likely group to take up training
Many Facets of Assistive Technology
Assist
ive
Tech
nolo
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Mainstream
ing
Overview• Options
• Commercial• Free and Open Source
Need to think about the
• Delivery System
• Study Strategies
a combination?
Think Strategy be STREET wise!
James, A. and Draffan E.A (2013)
Types of Technology
Each example given is one of many!
All are different!
• Text to speech• Spell checking• Graphical
mapping• Reminders• Speech
Recognition
• Scanning and OCR
• Dictionaries• Calculators• Note taking• References
Think strategy – find the tools
Text to Speech
Spell checking
Graphical mapping
Reminders
Speech Recognition
Scanning and OCR
Dictionaries
Calculators
Note taking
References
“OCR allows me to scan pages of
books and annotate them.” “…Phone which
serves the purpose of diary reminder
communication note taking etc.”
Additional useful equipment
“The smartpen... Its great fun and
works well to assist my learning”
“Noise Cancelling
headphones…”
“Inspiration.. means I can organise my workload far more efficiently and I can plan how to revise and make essays much
more easily.”
Thank YouMore strategies http://www.lexdis.org.uk
E.A. DraffanWAISElectronics and Computer Science,University of Southampton.Mobile 07976 289103E-mail: [email protected]
http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk/