For some people with special needs, Cognitive or physical, assistive technology aims to enhance and improve educational opportunities through the use of the latest technology. The devices used do this by bypassing, working or compensating for a person's specific difficulties. In speech therapy, assistive technology is used to provide access to communication tools that help a child read, to write, express or understand language.

Assistive Technology is a wide range of devices, services, strategies and methods applied in combination with the aim of reducing the problems faced by people with disabilities on the one hand and improving their quality of life on the other.