Access to quality literacy instruction is access to acceptance into the literate community in which students with severe disabilities live and work. Providing that instruction to students with severe disabilities who are not traditional readers and writers can be challenging. Luckily, there are many easy and interactive tools available for teachers to use to create the texts and activities they need to reach this population and provide for them the literacy opportunities they deserve and to which they are entitled. The purpose of this article is to show how technology can allow for teachers to provide access to literacy tools for those students who are not traditional readers and writers. Assistive technology (AT), such as authoring tools, can help bring literacy "to life" by incorporating fun multimedia and interactive elements that at the same time can provide a range of accommodations. Each of the tools can be differentiated by alternating activities that offer more challenging text, concepts, and questions with activities that offer more support or simpler text and concepts. A sample of authoring software for creating adapted literacy activities is included.