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.
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Sarah Botterill | 08 Apr 2021How can technology help people living with dementia?This FREE webinar will take place on 25 May 2021
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Sarah Botterill | 06 Apr 2021This FREE webinar will take place on 27 April 2021Three in four people (74.6% of people) with a learning disability believe their wellbeing has been affected by the impact of coronavirus, compared with 37 per cent of non-disabled people.
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Annie Mannion | 24 Mar 2021This FREE webinar will take place on 4 May 2021, 1pm BST.It's Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on Thursday 20 May 2021.One of the ways we plan to mark GAAD is to chat with the two co-founders of the annual event (now in its 10th year), Jennison Asuncion and Joe Devon.
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Sarah Botterill | 16 Mar 2021This FREE webinar will take place on 18 May 2021There are an estimated 850,000 people in the UK living with Dementia, which is a symptom of disease and injury that affects the brain. Commonly, people with dementia may find that they have memory loss, find it hard to concentrate, struggle with...
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Sarah Botterill | 10 Feb 2021The name IBM turns 97 years old this Valentine’s Day (14 February 2021). It was on this day the name became IBM having been known previously as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, founded 110 years ago.IBM invented much of the technology we use today and also gave birth to AbilityNet.
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Guest Blogger | 07 Jan 2021AbilityNet volunteer brightened up a lady’s Christmas by introducing her to tech.
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Robin Christopherson | 06 Jan 2021Accessibility features highlighted in the new Alexa Accessibility Hub are helping people be more connected, entertained and independent.
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Sarah Botterill | 06 Jan 2021This webinar took place on 26 January 2021Technology has played a pivotal role in helping to keep us connected with love ones during Covid-19.In this webinar, we heard from the makers of devices designed with older users in mind (KOMP and GrandPad) and from people who are distributing them in the...
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Mark Walker | 04 Jan 2021In response to the Coronavirus emergency AbilityNet has been 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 events.
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Robin Christopherson | 29 Oct 2020Freeview today announces the first roll out of its award-winning Accessible TV Guide.
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