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  • How can technology help people with Macular Degeneration?

    Alex.Barker | 25 Jun 2018
    There are lots of ways that tech can help people with macular degeneration.
  • How you can use a computer if you have MND

    Alex.Barker | 18 Jun 2018
    Motor Neurone Disease is also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease (after an American baseball player). It affects the muscles in your body causing them to be weak. There is no known cure for this condition, but symptoms can be managed to help people to achieve the best possible quality of life....
  • Naidex 2018 Roundup: From Autism apps to saddle chairs and vibrating shoes

    Alex.Barker | 27 Apr 2018
  • 13 frequently asked questions about how a computer can benefit people living with Multiple Sclerosis

    Alex.Barker | 23 Apr 2018
    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system. MS is a lifelong condition, usually diagnosed when people are in their 20s and 30, and can cause a wide variety of symptoms, including eyesight problems, fatigue, balance problems, altered sensations and cognitive issues.
  • AbilityNet remembers Stephen Hawking

    Alex.Barker | 14 Mar 2018
    In 2012 Hawking was presented with AbilityNet's Tech4Good Special Award for the way that he embraced technology to enable him to keep working, despite his worsening condition. He is remembered in this piece.
  • Glaucoma and using IT

    Alex.Barker | 13 Mar 2018
    This week is World Glaucoma Week and we have put together some useful information to help you if you have this condition.
  • Using a computer after a brain injury

    Alex.Barker | 08 Mar 2018
    Between March 12 and 18,  it is brain awareness week.  The week is part of the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.
  • How computers can help people with tinnitus

    Alex.Barker | 06 Feb 2018
    Six million people in the UK have tinnitus. Technology can often help you manage this condiition
  • Technology can help you feel less stressed!

    Alex.Barker | 30 Oct 2017
    It is International Stress Awareness Day on Wednesday 1st November. Did you know a computer can help you reduce stress?
  • Tech which could help people with a stammer

    Alex.Barker | 27 Oct 2017
    This week sees International Stammering Awareness Day. Advice and Information Officer Alex Barker takes a look at technology which could help people overcome this often debilitating condition
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