Alternate communication devices can help non-verbal students to convey needs and thoughts. Scanners can convert printed material so that students can view it and listen to it at the same time. Voice recognition systems can assist students with reading and writing difficulties by transposing speech into print. Spelling and checking programs can also help. Tape recorders allow students to express their ideas orally.
Calculators can assist students with arithmetic disabilities.
Computer technology can provide teachers with the tools to adapt and modify materials and effectively develop IEPs. The Ministry of Education should continue to support the funding for technologies to assist students who have special educational needs and their teachers. The Minister of Education should investigate by December 2001 whether students who have special educational needs requiring technologies have timely access to them. The Minister of Education should direct school boards to address in their annual technology plans the technological needs of students who have special educational needs.