INTRODUCTION In today's society, there are many technological developments that are making communication and educational learning easier for students with disabilities. Students with disabilities now achieve more thanks to technological developments. However, students with learning disabilities still have difficulty generating ideas, physically writing, communicating, and spelling. Assistive technology can help students thrive in this world who have learning disabilities and physical challenges. It brings a feeling of normality and maintains self-respect because it allows students to function independently at school, at work and at home. A new door will open by introducing accommodations into the lives of students with physical and learning disabilities (Bevan, 2003). For the purposes of this article I will address assistive technology available to students with visual, motor, and hearing disabilities. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY The term assistive technology can be defined as a device or service that can assist people with disabilities or a device that can be used to increase or continue the functional abilities of a disabled person. According to the Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (ATAP), an assistive technology device is defined as any service that benefits an individual with a disability who obtains, selects, and/or uses assistive technology (The Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs, 1997 ). Assistive technology devices can and do benefit individuals with visual, motor, and hearing impairments by enabling the individual to achieve a higher level of success that would otherwise not have been achieved. Students are able to acquire more educational opportunities, and emerging adults may experience more work… middle of paper… and hardship (Beukelman & Mirenda, 2010). However, it is important to note that not all assistive technology devices or software programs will work with all students. Additionally, assistive technology can give students the ability to pace themselves in otherwise fast-paced classrooms. The benefits for students derive directly from the ability of assistive technologies to compensate for the skill discrepancies of students with learning difficulties. Assistive technologies allow students to circumvent their disability (Bryant & Bryant, 1998), to diminish the effect of the disability (Derer et al., 1996), or to replace absent or weakened ability. For some students with disabilities, assistive technology offers a way for students to successfully interconnect through communication, reading, and/or writing.