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  • Pros and cons of wearables for people with sight loss

    Alex.Barker | 11 Jul 2022
    Disability Consultant Alex Barker shares why it's helpful to ask the question 'Why would you want to use a wearable device instead of an app, or vice versa?'.

  • Parkinson's UK and AbilityNet working together to help clients

    Alex.Barker | 07 Apr 2022
    Parkinson's UK and AbilityNet recently ran a webinar to help launch the new partnership between the two organisations to help further support people with Parkinson's and their carers.

  • Using your computer after a Stroke

    Alex.Barker | 30 Mar 2022
     Originally published 28/02/2020, updated 30/03/2022 AbilityNet's Disability Consultant Alex Barker, answers some of the commonly asked questions about stroke and technology. Imagine for a moment that you were unable to use one side of your body. Your foot, leg, arm, or hand stop working. It could...

  • Top tips for using technology with arthritis

    Alex.Barker | 02 Feb 2022
    Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis can lead to arthritic hands, which can make it hard to use a computer. AbilityNet recommends how to adapt your tech if you're living with arthritis.

  • Helpful tech tips: My Computer My Way

    Alex.Barker | 28 Jan 2022
    Are you wondering where you can get tech help for FREE? Look no further than AbilityNet’s recently updated tool, My Computer My Way (MCMW).The tool helps anyone to make a device easier to use, which is critical to our mission to create a digital world accessible to all.So, what is MCMW? And how do...

  • Presenting on tech at the Moebius conference 2020

    Alex.Barker | 21 Jul 2020
    As the Covid pandemic continues the way that we get information has changed radically. Conferences that were going to be held in hotels and conference centres were held online. AbilityNet's Alex Barker presented in an online conference last week

  • How AbilityNet's volunteers can help you

    Alex.Barker | 28 May 2020
    It's Volunteer's Week this week and in 2020 the opportunity to say 'thank you' to the 20 million people who volunteer each year has never seemed more important. 

  • How to find local support using the internet during COVID-19

    Alex.Barker | 14 Apr 2020
    How to find local support using the internet. Here's what we learned during our FREE webinar as part of our response to COVID-19

  • Robot helpers tackling social isolation

    Alex.Barker | 04 Mar 2020
    Robots are now not just sci fi fantasy. They are real....and they are here to help you!

  • Training content should be accessible to all

    Alex.Barker | 16 Jan 2020
    AbilityNet provides a selection of top tips for adjustments that can help create an accessible workplace.
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