Writing supports
Students with Autism often struggle with various facets of the writing process, from fine motor skills needed to create legible writing, organization of writing and the ability to move beyond concrete descriptions. Removing writing barriers with technology can greatly lower the anxiety that many students with ASD feel around writing. Considering typing instead of using pencil and paper for example can allow a student to be more productive by removing the need to form perfect letters, or labor to stay within lines. Organizing writing using visual supports, structured sentences, word banks are all strategies to make writing easier.
Low tech
Graphic organizers and examples how to use them
Visual supports such as using pictures or symbols with text can support writing.
Using Post-It Notes offers a variety of ways to scaffold writing.
Word Banks can provide needed vocabulary words
§ Pencil grips
§ Slant boards
§ Color overlays
§ Specialized (colored/highlighted) paper
§ Weighted pencils/pens
§ Guided notes
o Mid tech
§ Portable Note Takers (Alpha Smart, Fusion, Forte)
o High tech
§ Software
· Writing with Symbols
· Clicker 6, Write OnLine, First Author
· Boardmaker
· SOLO, Writing Out Loud, Draft Builder
· Mind Mapping (Mind Master, Popplet, Bubble Us, Inspiration)
· Kurzweil
· Read and Write Texthelp
· Abilipad
· App Writer
· Premier Literacy
· Google Drive (Documents)
· Word processing software
· Voice Recognition software
o Dragon software
o Chrome Browser
o Windows 7
o Word Q Speak Q
Low tech
Graphic organizers and examples how to use them
Visual supports such as using pictures or symbols with text can support writing.
Using Post-It Notes offers a variety of ways to scaffold writing.
Word Banks can provide needed vocabulary words
§ Pencil grips
§ Slant boards
§ Color overlays
§ Specialized (colored/highlighted) paper
§ Weighted pencils/pens
§ Guided notes
o Mid tech
§ Portable Note Takers (Alpha Smart, Fusion, Forte)
o High tech
§ Software
· Writing with Symbols
· Clicker 6, Write OnLine, First Author
· Boardmaker
· SOLO, Writing Out Loud, Draft Builder
· Mind Mapping (Mind Master, Popplet, Bubble Us, Inspiration)
· Kurzweil
· Read and Write Texthelp
· Abilipad
· App Writer
· Premier Literacy
· Google Drive (Documents)
· Word processing software
· Voice Recognition software
o Dragon software
o Chrome Browser
o Windows 7
o Word Q Speak Q