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Expert Resources: learning difficulties


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

  • What does great customer satisfaction look like?

    Annie Mannion | 03 Feb 2023
    Key facts from our Impact Report 2022 reveal AbilityNet's excellent customer satisfaction scores from both individuals and organisations.
  • Digital Lifeline shows how partnerships can close the digital divide

    Mark Walker | 24 Mar 2022
    AbilityNet is proud to be a partner in the Digital Lifeline project that supported over 5,000 people with learning disabilities during the pandemic. An evaluation report has now been published by the Good Things Foundation and the government, showing the positive impact that technology can have on...
  • Supporting people with learning differences and disabilities during Covid-19: Digital Lifeline Impact Report

    Sarah Botterill | 30 Sep 2021
    Being part of emergency response for people with learning disabilities during Covid-19 has been a learning experience for participants and us.AbilityNet was proud to be a part of the emergency response Digital Lifeline set up to provide devices, data and digital skills to digitally excluded people...
  • Providing tablets for people with a learning disability or difficulty: Digital Lifeline

    Saba Salman | 08 Aug 2021
    People with learning disabilities are getting a boost to wellbeing thanks to tablets received through Stoke-on-Trent City Council and tech help from AbilityNet.More than 100 people received devices, and digital skills support after the council applied for the government’s Digital Lifeline Fund....
  • Positive change emerges from Chrysalis project

    Saba Salman | 06 Aug 2021
    Cumbrian charity, Chrysalis, which supports adults with learning disabilities, has enabled significant changes by helping people incorporate accessible technology into their leisure activities.
  • Lillian’s tablet tour brings a family holiday into view

    Saba Salman | 28 Jun 2021
    Lillian Tellsdale is looking forward to a big family holiday at the end of the year. The trip to Penrith in her native Cumbria with her sister and other relatives is six months away, allowing the 74-year-old from Wigton plenty of time to research the area on her new tablet. She says she might learn...
  • Leannda is on her way with (DJ) mix of tech support

    Saba Salman | 22 Jun 2021
    Leannda Ward is pretty tech-savvy. The 30-year-old, who was born blind, has used digital devices since she was a child. During the lockdown, she even got herself some DJ CD decks and started mixing music at home in North East Lincolnshire. 
  • Tablet gifts a birthday surprise: Digital Lifeline Fund

    Saba Salman | 22 Jun 2021
    The first thing Stacey Webb did with the new tablet she got through the government’s Digital Lifeline Fund was a web search for her sister’s birthday gift.AbilityNet is helping support people with learning disabilities to make the most of the devices they receive through the national scheme.During...
  • Tablet success is music to our ears: Digital Lifeline Fund

    Saba Salman | 22 Jun 2021
    Access to a tablet is bringing the pick of the pops to Susan Russell, 50, from Bromsgrove, who received a device through the UK government's Digital Lifeline scheme.AbilityNet is helping to support people like Susan, who has a learning disability.
  • Shortcut to tablet success: Digital Lifeline Fund

    Saba Salman | 22 Jun 2021
    Janet Groves admits feeling nervous getting started with the tablet she received via the government’s Digital Lifeline Fund, set up to help people with learning disabilities.“I knew nothing about them - I was nervous,” says the 58-year-old from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. “It felt strange,” she...
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