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This paper examines areas of learning where disadvantaged learners may require assistance, in general terms, then more specifically in the online environment. It examines the range of assistive and adaptive technologies currently available, building on section three of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF) report, 'Assistive technologies for online training delivery for people with disabilities', indexed at TD/SA 67.12. The section describes the technological environment in relation to assistive technology as it was in 2001. Adaptive technologies 'aid by adapting content or user responses from one form to another (e.g. screen readers and onscreen keyboards)'. Assistive technology assists with 'understanding material presented, temporarily storing information, and composing responses (e.g. picture dictionaries, digital scrapbooks, and Word's autosummarize tool)'. The paper includes information about a selection of adaptive and assistive technologies. It deals with them first in terms of their application to the learning process, and then as technologies in their own right. The technologies specifically mentioned in this document are only a sub-set of those available. A spreadsheet is included as an appendix to provide a better overall picture of the available technologies.