Low tech and mid tech adaptations can be the ticket

It is important to provide students with the correct tools to support their learning.  It does not always have to be the newest and shiniest toy in the toy box that enables the student to access the math lessons.

Manipulatives are a widely available resource for ALL students.  The need to pair visual supports with learning is strong.  It creates a concrete example of many math functions.  They can also be inexpensive.  The use of a computer sites that have manipulatives is also an option but the individual blocks and 10 blocks are oldies but goodies that I have seen in every classroom I have been in.

Rubber stamps, special rulers, laminated number lines and multiplication/division tables are simple, easy to carry and use for most students.

Mid tech supports include talking calculators to assist visually impaired students, calculators with larger screens that show all of a math problem and work can help students that have a physical disability effecting fine motor skills.  Calculators that have keys that support coin learning by having keys shaped liked coins.  Again supporting the learners that need the visual connection to learning.

There is a wide range of supports available in the education world.  We need to make sure that the students are getting them in their hands by writing IEPs that require schools to provide them.