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Assistive Technology for Postsecondary Students with Learning DisabilitiesAn OverviewMarshall H. Raskind, PhD, is director of research at the Frostig Center. His research interests are in the areas of technology, as well as learning disabilities across the lifespan. Address: Marshall H. Raskind, Frostig Center, 971 N. Altadena Dr., Pasadena, CA 91107.
Eleanor L. Higgins, PhD, is a research associate at the Frostig Center. She is currently conducting longitudinal research on persons with learning disabilities, as well as research in the area of technology and language. The number of postsecondary students with learning disabilities has increased dramatically over the last several years. This increase, coupled with federal legislation mandating "academic adjustments" for students with disabilities, has prompted the development of postsecondary learning disability support service programs. One support service that has begun to attract considerable attention is assistive technology. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of assistive technology as it relates to postsecondary students with learning disabilities by (a) briefly tracing the development of assistive technology service for postsecondary students with learning disabilities; (b) identifying basic models of assistive technology service delivery and specific services; (c) providing a description of specific assistive technologies; (d) reviewing research on the effectiveness of assistive technology with postsecondary students with learning disabilities, with a focus on the authors' 3-year federally funded study; and (e) concluding with a summary and recommendations.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 1,
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