Expert Resources: learning difficulty


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

  • Making connections: Age UK partnership helps digitally excluded

    Kelly Chan | 02 Nov 2021
    AbilityNet volunteer Mick has unlocked the potential of a tablet for a military veteran with dyslexia through a local partnership with Age UK, Wiltshire. 

  • How we increased independence for people with Learning Difficulties through tech

    Saba Salman | 06 Aug 2021
    When Jameela moved house a few weeks ago, she could shop online and furnish her new flat thanks to a national project encouraging digital skills among people with learning disabilities.“I bought a new cooker, fridge and freezer online, and I got new lights for my flat,” says the 59-year-old trans...

  • Partnership creates literal lifeline

    Saba Salman | 05 Aug 2021
    From Herts People First, Alex Morris has provided ongoing and emergency support thanks to Digital Lifeline – a government emergency response fund - and tech help from AbilityNet.

  • Digital Lifeline for people with learning disabilities

    Sarah Botterill | 25 Feb 2021
    We’re proud to announce our involvement with the government’s Digital Lifeline Fund, which aims to improve the lives of thousands with learning disabilities on low incomes.The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) has created a £2.5 million fund to provide devices, data and digital support...

  • Down's syndrome: Top tech for learning, fun, organisation

    Claudia.Cahalane | 09 Apr 2019
    We talk to the Down's Syndrome Association and blogger Leah Jones who has Down's syndrome about which technology is great for learning, fun and organisation for children and adults who have Down's syndrome