| Assistive technologies | Equipment that increases, maintains, or improves the capabilities of individuals with disabilities.
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| Discover switch | An "intelligent" switch that lets people with physical disabilities use a variety of software programs that feature single-switch scanning.
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| Inclusion | Education of students with disabilities with their peers who do not have disabilities.
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| Mainstreaming | Partial and full-time programs that educate students with disabilities with their non-disabled peers.
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| Refreshable Braille display | A device that is added to a computer system to translate text on the screen into Braille.
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| Speech synthesizer | An output device that generates sound. This chip gives the computer the ability to search for words and their pronunciations in a database.
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| Sticky keys | Certain keys that lock in place—allowing a student with a disability to press combination key strokes without pressing keys simultaneously.
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| Touch-free switch | An input device that lets students trigger a mouse click without applying any pressure.
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| Touch screen | A display that has a pressure-sensitive panel mounted in the front. The user makes choices by touching the screen in the correct location.
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| Voice recognition | A system that converts the spoken word into binary patterns that are computer recognizable; it understands human speech.
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