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Discover how assistive technology can help people with Intellectual and Developmental Disorders build independence and succeed in education, employment, and everyday life. Through practical examples, participants will learn how to identify functional needs, select person-centered supports, and ensure technology works in real-world settings. The webinar also explores emerging tools such as virtual reality, wearables, and AI.
Objectives
Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Explain the difference between AT devices and AT services and describe how low-tech, mainstream, specialized, and emerging technologies may support people with IDD.
- Identify functional barriers across learning, independent living, communication and social participation, and employment, and use a person-task-environment-technology framework to consider appropriate supports.
- Apply a person-centered AT service process that includes assessment, trial, acquisition or customization, training, real-setting implementation, coordination, follow-up, and evaluation of independence, satisfaction, informed choice, privacy, and sustained use.
About the presenter:
Kaiqi Zhou, Ph.D., CRC, is an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Health Services at the University of North Texas and the program coordinator for UNT's undergraduate Rehabilitation Studies program. His research centers on autistic populations, psychosocial adaptation, workplace adjustment, and the use of assistive technology to improve employment participation and outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
