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Expert Resources: disability and technology


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

  • 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.
  • Robot Labrador Retriever helps people live independently

    Robin Christopherson | 26 Jan 2022
    Robin Christopherson, AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion provides an overview of the 'Labrador Retriever' robot.
  • AbilityNet achieves Disability Confident Leader status

    Mark.Gaddes | 21 Jan 2022
    We are pleased to announce AbilityNet has achieved Disability Confident Leader status as of 16 June 2020.
  • Learning to reconnect: how a tablet helped Isobel

    Sarah Botterill | 23 Feb 2021
    Disabled people feel lonelier and more isolated than others both before and during Covid-19*. Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures found that around 41% of disabled people feel anxious. One in ten disabled people is scared to go out, compared to 29% and one in 25 of non-disabled people*.
  • Disability Act turns 25 and a call for swift Government action

    Robin Christopherson | 12 Nov 2020
    Even after all this time inaccessible websites that lock out disabled people are the norm. It's time for the UK government to take punitive action against organisations that overlook the needs of disabled users.
  • Meet the 2020 Tech4Good Awards Accessibility Winner

    Robin Christopherson | 19 Oct 2020
    Award Judge Robin Christopherson introduces The Clarion, a digital instrument that enables disabled people to express their musicality.
  • How to spot an online scam and avoid it: Stay safe online

    Sarah Botterill | 12 Oct 2020
    How to find the local support you need if you are an older or disabled person, caring for someone else in a period of self-isolation.
  • AbilityNet is a Tech Talent Charter signatory

    Mark.Gaddes | 18 Aug 2020
    AbilityNet is also on the Tech Talent Charter for our efforts driving inclusion and diversity in the workplace.
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