Here is a map of the 14 categories of disability under IDEA along with descriptions, intervention/modifications using assistive technology, and a few case studies.
IDEA: Special Education Categories and Accomodationsby Thomas Shepard
1. Autism
1.1. INTERVENTION:
1.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
1.3. CASE STUDY: GRANT, 23.
2. Hearing Impairment
2.1. INTERVENTION:
2.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
3. Intellectual Disability
3.1. INTERVENTION:
3.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
4. Multiple Disabilities
4.1. INTERVENTION:
4.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
5. Orthopedic Impairment
5.1. INTERVENTION:
5.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
6. Other Health Impairment
6.1. INTERVENTION:
6.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
7. Specific Learning Disability
7.1. INTERVENTION:
7.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
8. Speech or Language Impairment
8.1. INTERVENTION:
8.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
9. Traumatic Brain Injury
9.1. INTERVENTION:
9.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
9.3. CASE STUDY: SUSAN
10. Visual Impairment, Including Blindness
10.1. INTERVENTION:
10.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
11. Sources: 1. Anindya Bhattacharyya, DEAF-BLIND TECH GADGETS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS, National Center on Deaf-Blindness. 2. Assistive Technology for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (DD) or Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), Accessible Technology Coalition. 3. Center for Parent Information and Resources 4. Multiple Disabilities and Other Health Impairments, Project Ideal Online. 5. UNESCO Global Report: ICTs to Access Information and Knowledge for Persons with Disabilities, Feb 2013.
11.1. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
12. Developmental Delay
12.1. INTERVENTION:
12.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
13. Deafness & Hearing Loss
13.1. INTERVENTION:
13.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
13.3. CASE STUDY: CAROLINE
14. Emotional Disturbance
14.1. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
14.2. INTERVENTION:
15. Deaf-Blindness
15.1. INTERVENTION:
15.2. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
16. Assistive technology allows users to perform an action (or more easily perform the action) that they would not be able to perform without the assistive technology. - UNESCO Global Report, Feb 2013.