[Athen] [EXT] Seeking math accommodations for a student who cannot handwrite

[Jay Wilson]

Hi Debee,
Equatio from Texthelp may be an option - it has multiple ways to enter
information including speaking (including AAC), typing with prediction, as
well as handwriting which isn't useful here but good to know. It's user
friendly, can interface with Word, Google Docs or course management
software, and is designed for Chemistry and other symbolic text as well as
Math.

I'd also recommend connecting with the DO-IT Center at the University of
Washington, which offers lots of expertise and connections for students
with all kinds of disabilities in STEM learning.

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On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 10:10 AM Robert Beach <rbeach at kckcc.edu> wrote:


> Potentially MathType. It can be done with point and click. I’m not sure if

> it will work with any kind of switch system.

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> Robert Lee Beach

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> Assistive Technology Specialist

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> Kansas City Kansas Community College

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> 7250 State Avenue

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> Kansas City, KS  66112

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> Phone: 913-288-7671

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> Email: rbeach at kckcc.edu

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Deborah Armstrong

> *Sent:* Friday, September 11, 2020 10:04 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

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> *Subject:* [EXT][Athen] Seeking math accommodations for a student who

> cannot handwrite

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> I wanted to have some feedback for this brand-new student’s counselor. I

> don’t choose accommodations myself but I help out.

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> Student has no mental, learning or visual disabilities. But he’s severely

> physically limited and cannot handwrite. I’m fairly sure he’s nonverbal as

> well, so Dragon isn’t an option.

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> We continue to shelter in place so he’ll have to learn remotely.

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> He passed three courses in summer that required reading and answering

> multiple-choice quizzes because he has a computer with appropriate

> accommodations. (I’m not sure what he uses, but apparently it works fine

> for him to read and check boxes online.) He just finished high school, so

> summer, when much of our staff was on leave was his very first college

> experience.

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> I’ve been corresponding with his upset mom who says he failed math because

> it required him to be able to write by hand, which he cannot do.

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> I’m trying to get them to talk to his counselor and our access technology

> specialist instead of me, but I’d like to have some accommodation ideas for

> all of us.

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> --Debee

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