Expert Resources: Parkinsons


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

  • Free webinar: Tech tips to help people with Parkinson's

    Mark.Gaddes | 13 Mar 2019
    As part of World Parkinson's Day, and joining efforts to #UniteForParkinsons, AbilityNet is hosting a free webinar about Parkinson's and technology.

  • Tech at its best fighting Parkinson's at its worst

    Adam Tweed | 12 Mar 2019
    As a tech charity AbilityNet is, perhaps unsurprisingly, always going to highlight the good that tech can offer. We hear and share stories all the time in which technology provides support, a lifeline, or basic independence. However there are occasions in which the benefit of technology takes...

  • Tech tips to help people with Parkinson's

    Mark.Gaddes | 04 Mar 2019
    On Thursday 11 April 2019, as part of World Parkinson's Day and joining efforts to #UniteForParkinsons, AbilityNet hosted a free webinar about Parkinson's and technology.

  • Parkinson's and Technology

    Andrew.Manson | 31 Jan 2019
    Parkinson's is a progressive neurological condition. This means that it causes problems in the brain and gets worse over time. Most people who develop Parkinson’s are over 50 but younger people can develop it too. Parkinson’s develops when cells in the brain stop working properly and are lost over...

  • How changing the settings on your iPad and iPhone can help people with tremors and other dexterity difficulties

    Robin.Christopherson | 13 Jan 2017
    The latest version of the software that powers iPads and iPhones - iOS 10 - includes significant improvements for people with tremors or other dexterity issues that will take their access to a whole new level.

  • How to make your computer easier to use when living with Parkinson's

    Alex.Barker | 21 Apr 2016
    Must read: If you have tremors, changing these settings could make it easier to use your iPhone or iPa

  • Talk, and they will listen....

    Alex.Barker | 26 Mar 2015
    If you had told me in 1985 that by the year 2015 you could control your computer just by using your voice I would have looked at you in a very strange way. But in 2015 it’s no fantasy, and voice control is a very valuable tool for people with a range of disabilities and impairments.

  • Parkinson's and Computing

    Alex.Barker | 04 Apr 2014
    As it is Parkinson's Awareness Week in April we thought we would write a blog to show people who have the condition how easy it is to use their computer.