Assistive Technology - Special Programs Resources

Dyslexia

Assistive Technology Tools for Dyslexia
Apps for Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities
Technology Integration for Students with Dyslexia
Assistive Technology for Students with Dyslexia
Chromebook Apps and Extensions for Learners with Dyslexia
OpenDyslexic Font for Chrome
LearningAlly

TEKS Guides - Texas Gateway
The online TEKS Guides now offer dyslexia resources. To access the TEKS Guides, create an account or log-in to the Texas Gateway. After logging in, select TEKS Guides in the browser bar. Select the subject of interest (English or Spanish Language Arts), the grade level, and search. You will be directed to the TEKS & SE page. Once you have selected an SE, you will arrive at an overview landing page. Select the RESOURCES tab in the browser bar under the SE to access dyslexia resources.

Autism

How Technology Can Help - Autism Speaks
Technology & Autism - Autism Speaks
SnapType - helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back

Cerebral Palsy

MagicScroll WebReader - turns every page on the web into a MagicScroll book to scroll web pages without moving them 
LearningAlly - reading resource for students with a learning disability (such as dyslexia), or have a physical or visual impairment
State Libraries for the Deaf and Blind - free braille and talking book library service for people with low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page
SnapType - helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back

Visual/Hearing Impairment

State Libraries for the Deaf and Blind - free braille and talking book library service for people with low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page
LearningAlly - reading resource for students with a learning disability (such as dyslexia), or have a physical or visual impairment
SnapType - helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back

Translation Resources

Translation & Interpretation Network (TIN)
ESC 11 English Learners Resources
Duolingo
Talking Points - send text messages to parents/students in their home language

Google Chrome Extensions

Text-to-Speech/Speech-to-Text
Read&Write - text-to-speech, speech-to-text, text and photo dictionaries, word prediction, annotations
SpeakIt! - converts text into speech
Select & Speak - text to speech in any browser
Dictanote - note-taking with voice recognition
ChromeVox - text-to-speech for visually impaired
Announcify - text-to-speech for websites
Natural Readers - text-to-speech with dyslexic font

Reading & Writing Support
InsertLearning - interactive reading with questioning and annotating with online articles
Diigo - capture and annotate from any online resource
Scrible - annotate, bookmark, save, manage & share online articles
Ginger -  spelling and grammar checker
OpenDyslexic Font - open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia
Co:Writer Universal - helps you write with proper grammar and spelling using topic-specific vocabulary

Additional Resources
Mercury Reader - removes ads and distractions, leaving only text and images for a clean and consistent reading view on every site

Google Chrome Apps

LearningAlly - reading resource for students with a learning disability (such as dyslexia), or have a physical or visual impairment
Lucidchart - online graphic organizer
WordQ - text editor with word prediction, speech feedback and speech recognition
ATbar - accessibility toolbar includes magnification, text to speech, font and color adjustment, word prediction
Connected Mind - mind mapping 
Mindomo - mind mapping and concept mapping
Desmos - graphing calculator
GeoGebra - 3D graphing, geometry, and probability