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Expert Resources: Learning Disability


These are the items that relate to Learning Disability 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. 
  • 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....
  • 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...
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Productivity boost for people with Learning Disabilities: Digital Lifeline

    Sarah Botterill | 28 Apr 2021
    AbilityNet is proud to be supporting Jennyruth workshops in its work, boosting confidence for people with learning disabilities by providing support with technology. Jennyruth workshops support adults with learning disabilities to create and sell handcrafted products.
  • Library outreach helps adults with learning disabilities: Digital Lifeline

    Sarah Botterill | 27 Apr 2021
    AbilityNet is working in partnership to ensure adults with Learning Disabilities get access to technology in the community. One project is with Penrith Library, which runs an outreach project that has accessed technology through the Digital Lifeline project spearheaded by the Department for Culture...
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