“Is Assistive Technology Cheating?”

[hsmom]

"Assistive technology (AT) refers to a device or software that makes it easier to complete everyday tasks. Common forms of assistive tech for kids with learning and attention issues, like dyslexia or dysgraphia, include text-to-speech or dictation."

"But is assistive technology “cheating”? Does it give some kids an unfair advantage by making it easier for them than for others?"

In the video below, Jamie Martin, an assistive technology consultant, answers questions on the five common myths regarding use of assistive technology tools by students with learning and attention issues. I know that my son would be lost in college without textbooks and books in alternative form and the assistive technology device he uses to read them.

[eoffg]

Though just over a 100 years ago, their was a heated debate about the use of assistive technology in schools?
But this was another new technology?
Which had made the production of Paper so cheap, that it could be used by children in schools.

But the hot debate, was about whether children should be allowed to do Math problems on paper?
The argument was, that children wouldn't develop the ability to do 'mental math'.
That they would become reliant on using paper to do math calculations.

Also that doing math calculations on paper, wasn't real math and was cheating.

[shawbridge]

^interesting.