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Expert Resources: assistive technology


These are the items that relate to assistive technology found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • WHO: One billion more people will need assistive technology by 2050

    Clive Gilbert | 28 Jun 2022
    Clive Gilbert, freelance research consultant and specialist writer in public policy, social affairs and technology takes a deep dive into the World Health Organisation's new report.
  • Assistive Technology News – June 2022 round up

    Clive Gilbert | 28 Jun 2022
    Assistive tech and accessibility updates from Clive Gilbert, freelance research consultant and specialist writer in public policy, social affairs and technology.
  • Assistive Technology News – May 2022 round up

    Clive Gilbert | 25 May 2022
    Assistive tech and accessibility updates from Clive Gilbert, freelance research consultant and specialist writer in public policy, social affairs and technology.
  • Smart home technology must advance for disabled independent living

    Clive Gilbert | 25 May 2022
    Clive Gilbert, freelance research consultant and specialist writer in public policy, social affairs and technology discusses how independent living technology must become more aspirational to give disabled and older people genuine choice and control.
  • AbilityNet Live! Free events about technology and disability

    Mark Walker | 24 May 2022
    In response to the Coronavirus emergency AbilityNet began running a series of live online events to help share useful information for disabled people and their carers and employers. See below for details, as well as recordings of past and upcoming accessibility events.
  • 11 ways to use technology to reduce social isolation

    Sarah Botterill | 10 May 2022
    * Blog updated 9 May 2022 *The COVID-19 crisis forced many of us into a period of physical distancing— during the height of the pandemic in mid 2020, 1.5 million people were self-isolating for health reasons. In reality, many older and disabled people were already more likely to be isolated from...
  • Assistive Technology News – April 2022 round up

    Clive Gilbert | 27 Apr 2022
    Assistive tech and accessibility updates from Clive Gilbert, freelance research consultant and specialist writer in public policy, social affairs and technology.
  • Smart glasses resurgence - technical and practical barriers

    Clive Gilbert | 27 Apr 2022
    Clive Gilbert, freelance research consultant and specialist writer in public policy, social affairs and technology discusses the technical hurdles smart glasses must overcome in order to be practical.
  • Intel and GoodMaps collaborate to make indoor mapping technology accessible

    Robin Christopherson | 25 Mar 2022
    Robin Christopherson, AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion provides an overview on Intel and GoodMaps collaboration to make indoor mapping technology accessible.
  • Free webinar: How technology can help people with Parkinson's

    Annie Mannion | 21 Feb 2022
    Join Parkinson’s UK and AbilityNet on Tuesday 8th March 2022 to discuss how technology can help people with Parkinson’s. 
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