# Full text and tactile alternatives to all five A4 aids

The five editable originals are [science](science-aid.svg), [HASS](hass-aid.svg), [HPE](hpe-aid.svg), [Technologies](technologies-aid.svg) and [The Arts](arts-aid.svg), with same-name PDFs beside them. These alternatives give **all prompts, labels and spatial relations**, not an image caption. A teacher can read them aloud, enlarge them, prepare Braille locally, select AAC words or make raised/tactile cards. Colour is never the only cue. Ask the learner whether the resulting access format works; none has yet been validated with every assistive technology.

## Science aid

Title: **Science: one fair question**. Instruction: **Label REAL, MODEL or PLAN before writing any result.** Five boxes in top-to-bottom order:

1. **QUESTION + PREDICTION:** What might change? Why? Two blank lines.
2. **CHANGE ONE THING:** Surface, slope or material; name it. Two blank lines.
3. **KEEP THESE THE SAME:** Start, object, time or reading method. Two blank lines.
4. **TRIALS + SOURCE:** Record units and REAL/MODEL label. Two blank lines.
5. **PATTERN + NEXT QUESTION:** What does the evidence allow? Two blank lines.

Footer: **A printed number is not a measurement you took.**

**Tactile build:** Five numbered cards in a vertical stack. Put a single raised circle beside CHANGED THING and two raised squares beside THINGS HELD THE SAME. Use distinct word/tactile labels REAL, MODEL and PLAN at the top. A child can direct a partner to place measurements; actual ruler use remains separately recorded.

## HASS aid

Title: **HASS: read a fictional source**. Source line: **H1 Share Shelf paper plan · 2026 draft · NOT a real place**. This is a top-view rectangular invented plan, with **ENTRANCE at bottom centre**, a **dotted path running upwards**, one **SHELF at top centre**, a **READING MAT beside the shelf at top right**, two **BORROW** baskets **left of the path** (one above the other), and one **RETURN** basket **right of the path**. The drawing is **not to scale**. It provides no path width, real address or visitor record.

Three response lines below the plan: **Source/title/date** [blank]; **What the plan shows** [blank]; **What it cannot prove** [blank]. Footer: **No scale, route width or user record is supplied.** This textual arrangement is the full source H1, so a non-visual reader can do the same source questions without the SVG/PDF.

**Tactile build:** Raised rectangle for the boundary; a thick string path from a bottom ENTRANCE label to a top SHELF label; two left BORROW cards, one right RETURN card, and a top-right READING MAT. Keep these **word labels** alongside textures. A child can trace the path while the teacher reads its lack of scale aloud; do not imply actual accessibility.

## HPE aid

Title: **HPE: choose, ask, play, repair**. Instruction: **No touch or public performance is required.** Four numbered top-to-bottom boxes:

1. **ASK:** “May I move the token?” Wait for an answer.
2. **CHOOSE:** Move, direct, observe or pass.
3. **TRY:** Use a safe clear space and an agreed rule.
4. **NOTICE + REPAIR:** What helped? What will change next time?

Field: **Actual movement observed? YES / NO / NOT YET.** Footer: **A paper route shows a plan, not a movement performance.**

**Tactile build:** Four large word cards in order with one raised corner, two raised corners, three and four, plus a separate STOP card a child can place at any step. Roles are printed/spoken, so anyone may choose without relying on touch. A paper figure can represent a plan; a teacher records actual voluntary movement separately.

## Technologies aid

Title: **Technologies: make and trace**. Instruction: **Two subjects; keep physical testing and program runs distinct.**

**Top half: DESIGN · PAPER LABEL HOLDER.** Need: stand ten seconds, fold flat, use one reusable scrap. Blank fields: **Idea/material**; **Made and tested? REAL / MODEL / PLAN**; **Test result**; **One revision**. Reminder: **Keep a first version so change can be inspected.**

**Bottom half: DIGITAL · IF / ELSE / REPEAT.** Input states: `RETURN`, `BORROW` or `HOLD`. Printed model: **IF label = RETURN → LEFT; ELSE → RIGHT; REPEAT for each of 3 tokens; then STOP.** Blank field: **Trace one input/output**. Check: **Actual visual program run? YES / UNPLUGGED.** Reminder: **Change one block, predict, then test again.** This printed rule supports tracing only; the original [offline Rule Lab](../interactive/rule-lab.html) allows a real visual-program run when school-approved access exists.

**Tactile build:** For Design, two labelled folded-paper samples and a medium label; a child tests them or directs a maker. For Digital, one labelled branch card IF with two paths LEFT/RIGHT and three numbered input tokens. Move one input at a time; a separate physical token marked **PROGRAM RUN** is used only after actual device execution. Do not count paper movement as software implementation.

## Arts aid

Title: **The Arts: five ways to shape an idea**. Instruction: **Each form has two optional Days 11–20 blocks.** Five top-to-bottom rows:

1. **DANCE:** near · far · pause · return. Choose space or tempo.
2. **DRAMA:** goal · obstacle · turning point. Choose character or action.
3. **MEDIA ARTS:** wide · close · sequence. Choose frame or caption.
4. **MUSIC:** tap · rest · answer. Choose beat, rest or tempo.
5. **VISUAL ARTS:** line · texture · focal word. Choose mark or spacing.

Footer: **Actually made / sounded / moved / shared? Record the route.** These are original prompts, not reproduced cultural forms.

**Tactile build:** Five large form-name cards in a vertical row, each with its prompt in raised text/Braille if locally prepared. Use a paper arrow for Dance, two character tokens for Drama, three framed paper windows for Media Arts, four beat counters for Music and three different pencil-mark sample cards for Visual Arts. A child can compose/direct without each activity becoming a performance. The teacher records the action actually observed.

**Original resource rights:** © NeuroForgeIO Pty Ltd 2026, SubjectNest, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Credit, source and changes. See [font rights](FONT-RIGHTS.md) for the PDFs' separately licensed embedded font.