The student body, especially in colleges and universities has become mobile. Laptop penetration and wireless connectivity is very prevalent in many schools. This translates from a technological perspective, that any student can access the internet and the services it offers from anywhere in the school’s campus.

For a student with dyslexia, ESL or ADHD or any other student needing a writing assistive solution this can mean a dramatic change. Many schools today offer writing assistive solutions. But in order for the student to enjoy these services, the student usually needs to go to assistive technology/computer center since the assistive technology is installed only on the desktops found in these centers.

Now what if these very same assistive technologies would be available for all students and they can be accessed from anywhere in the campus?

Imagine the benefits to a student that can open and use the required assistive technology during class, in the library, or anywhere within the school’s campus?

There are some key challenges that need to be addressed by writing assistive solutions to make this a reality:

• The current licensing models and pricing strategies of writing assistive solutions do not fit this mobile environment (this includes USB-based software licenses)
• There are technical issues that must be supported within the assistive solution to enable “campus-wide” connectivity
• Online upgrades must be supported by the assistive technology vendor to minimize maintenance issues
• The IT department of schools must be open to these changing models.

It is because these challenges are not being addressed, there is today a grand miss of leveraging mobile technologies to benefit students with writing disabilities.

Ghotit, an innovative provider of writing assistive technology, addresses these issues and limitations with an innovative campus-aware licensing model that gives all students within a campus FREE USAGE of all of its services.

For more details on this subject you can read my article: Assistive Technology and the Mobile Student Body.