Abstract: The more and more application of assistive technology in special education not only makes education placement of student with disability diversification, but also provides more opportunity for them to participate in instruction. However, there are some problems remained, such as the application is still in low level, the lack of the systematic evaluation for their efficacy and so on. It is necessary to pay more attention on the assistive technology, cultivate more specialists and other related persons on assistive technology, create assistive technology system, and perfect the service system.

Key words: assistive technology, special education, application