Assistive Technologies and Adaptive Strategies

Question 1

What are assistive technologies?

Answer 1

Products used by people with disabilities to accomplish tasks they could not otherwise accomplish

Question 2

Solutions meant to help people with disabilities perform activities of daily living and increase their independence and ability to participate in society are known as:

A. ICT
B. Adaptive Strategies
C. Functional Solutions
D. Assistive Technologies

Answer 2

B. Adaptive Strategies

Question 3

When used with computers, assistive technologies are also referred to as _______ or ________.

Answer 3

Adaptive technologies or adaptive software

Question 4

____________ provide enhancements to, or change the methods of, interacting with the environment or technology needed to accomplish a task.

Answer 4

Adaptive Strategies

Question 5

Assistive technologies for people who cannot see or find it difficult to see digital or electronic interfaces include:

Answer 5

Screen readers and audio description

Question 6

An additional audio track that describes and gives context for essential visual information is called _______.

Answer 6

Audio description

Question 7

GPS-based walking instructions with an audio interface and automated navigator is an example of what?

Answer 7

Assistive technology

Question 8

Using an alternative interface with knobs or other tactile controls when a person cannot see or feel the controls on the flat interface of devices such as microwaves or ovens is an example of what?

Answer 8

Adaptive strategies

Question 9

Mobile apps that photograph money and read the value aloud are an example of…

Answer 9

Assistive technology

Question 10

Screen readers with audio and/or braille output are examples of an assistive technology used by people with which types of disabilities?

Answer 10

• Visual
• Deaf-blindness
• Mobility/Flexibility

Question 11

Glasses with lenses that improve color vision discrimination are an assistive technology that would be used by people with what disability?

Answer 11

Colorblindness

Question 12

• Video conferencing for signing
• Sign language interpretation
• Captions for videos
• Transcripts for video or audio
• Haptic alerts / feedback
• Visual labels / notifications / alerts

Are examples of assistive technologies and adaptive strategies for which type of disability?

Answer 12

Auditory

Question 13

Auditory training such as to identify the location, origin, direction, and distance of a sound is an adaptive strategy for which disability?

Answer 13

Central Auditory Processing Disorder

Question 14

What are some assistive technologies that can help with CAPD? (Name 3)

Answer 14

• Noise-cancelling headphones
• Audio recorders
• Personal listening devices
• Text-to-speech software
• Sound field systems

Question 15

Text-to-speech software is an assistive technology that may be used by people with which types of disabilities?

Answer 15

• Auditory
• Speech
• Mobility
• Cognitive

Question 16

What are some assistive technologies used by people with mobility disabilities? (Name 3)

Answer 16

• Switch devices
• Adaptive keyboards
• Eye tracking
• Mouth stick
• Head wand
• Sip and puff switch
• Wheelchair

Question 17

• Word prediction/lookup
• Simplified interfaces and content
• Direction-finding applications
• Allowing adequate time to exchange information
• Audio prompting devices to assist with memory

Are examples of assistive technologies and adaptive strategies for which type of disability?

Answer 17

Intellectual

Question 18

What is the solution for a person with Dyslexia perceiving letters such as p b d and q as the same letter?

A. Change the font
B. Change the contrast of the text
C. Give them additional time to read the text
D. All of the above

Answer 18

D. All of the above

Question 19

PECS – Picture Exchange Communication System are a helpful assistive technology for which type of disability?

Answer 19

Non-verbal Learning Disability

Question 20

What are some assistive technologies used by people with Photosensitive Epilepsy?

Answer 20

• Flicker-free monitors
• Monitor glare guards
• Non-glare glasses

Question 21

Guided meditation is an assistive technology useful for what type of disability?

Answer 21

Social

Question 22

Goal tracking, positive reinforcement, and noise monitoring devices are useful assistive technologies and adaptive strategies for what type of disability?

Answer 22

Behavioral

Question 23

Which is NOT an example of assistive technology that helps with using the Internet?
 A. Screen readers
 B. Screen magnifiers
 C. Refreshable braille devices
 D. Wheelchair
 E. Mouth stick

Answer 23

D. Wheelchair

Question 24

True or False: Screen readers will interpret color-coded text and announce changes in color.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

True or False: Unaided Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems rely on the use of electronic tools.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

The different types of communication outside of oral speech that people with speech disabilities can use to express themselves are known as __________.

Answer 26

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Question 27

Communication systems that do not rely on external tools, and instead rely on nonverbal communication such as body language, facial expressions, and gestures are known as…

A. Aided Augmentative and Alternative Communication
B. Adaptive Strategies
C. Unaided Augmentative and Alternative Communication
D. Sign languages

Answer 27

C. Unaided Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Question 28

Communications systems that rely on the use of an electronic or non-electronic tool and the person’s body are known as….

Answer 28

Aided augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)