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Given the impact of our economy on school budgets, staff and programs... there are an ever increasing number of barriers preventing invidivuals with disabilities from obtaining the assistive technology software they need to succeed in their pursuit of a quality education.
No More.
Thanks to the development support of the government agencies listed below, IDEAL Group's Portable Assistive Technology (AT) Software SmartDrive® (PATTS) is now available for use by schools, colleges and organizations across the country and around the world. The benefits PATTS provides to individuals with disabilities, schools, colleges, places of employment, etc. are significant. For example, PATTS:
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Improves transition outcomes for AT software users from home to work, school to school, school to college, school to employment and in adult life in general;
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Significantly reduces the cost of providing AT software to individuals who desire/need to use it;
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Eliminates ownership issues which preclude individuals from carrying with them and using their AT software on any PC they desire/need to use;
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Reduces incompatibility/interoperability issues between the AT software being used and applications already residing on the PC being used;
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Eliminates vandalism and innocent corruptions of PC-based AT software since the portable AT applications are not installed on the PC being used. All applications are installed and launch directly from the SmartDrive. Individuals simply carry their AT software, personal files, virus protection software and configuration files with them wherever they go;
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Eliminates licensing limitations that make it illegal for individuals to use their commercial AT software on any PC they desire/need to use;
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Minimizes the problem of too few AT software-equipped computers in schools, colleges, libraries, community centers, places of employment, and elsewhere;
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Helps to reduces the financial loss resulting from AT software abandonment;
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Eliminates acquisition time and red tape;
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Eliminates the stigma of having to use "special" PCs;
Flash Video of IDEAL Group's Portable Assistive Technology (AT) Software SmartDrive®.
Interested in more information?
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Grantor: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Program (OSEP)
Project: Ohio State University Nisonger Center "Access Tomorrow: Using E-mentoring, Web-based and Assistive Technologies for Increasing Achievement and Transition Outcomes (Phase I)"
Dates: 08/01/06 - 07/31/09
Cooperative Agreement #: H327A060066 -
Grantor: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Program (OSEP)
Project: Ohio State University Nisonger Center "Access Tomorrow: Using E-mentoring, Web-based and Assistive Technologies for Increasing Achievement and Transition Outcomes (Phase II)"
Dates: 08/01/09 - 07/31/12
Cooperative Agreement #: H327A090058 -
Grantor: National Science Foundation, Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) and Regional Alliances for Persons with Disabilities in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education (RAD)
Project: Ohio State University Nisonger Center "Collaborative Research: Increasing Achievement and Transition outcome in STEM Professions of Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities"
Dates: 12/1/08 - 11/30/10
Award #: 0833561 -
Grantor: U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
Project: University of Oregon's Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE) Mathematics eText Research Center (MeTRC) on Accessible and Supported Electronic Text to Improve Mathematics Achievement for Students with Disabilities"
Dates: 12/01/09 - 11/30/12 -
Grantor: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
Project: Bookshare.org's Digital Image and Graphic Resources for Accessible Materials Center (DIAGRAM) to develop tools and best practices that will make it easier and more cost-effective to create and use accessible images across a range of educational content.
Cooperative Agreement #: H327B090001