2016 Volume 40 Pages 14-18
Information and Communication Technology （ICT） has been used as assistive technology （AT） for students with disabilities to secure their human rights to participate general education. The enactment of the Act on the Elimination of Disability Discrimination （April, 2015） and the guideline from Ministry of Education emphasize the students' right to use assistive technology as reasonable accommodation. Regarding higher education, the disability student service （DSS） offices, which has been rapidly developed in Japan, has the role to support to use assistive technology for students with disabilities. Literatures from the United States illustrated the large social interest on supports for students with learning disabilities （LD） based on the huge number of the students with LDs. The population of students with LDs supported by special education in their schools will also increase rapidly in Japan. It is expected that large population with LD will increase the needs to use assistive technology for students with LDs in the near future of Japan.
