assistive technology blogs

Grainne Eloi, Interim Head of Mental Health Services at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, discusses how new technology reduces unnecessarily long hospital stays.

Chloe Bull from Talkback UK, an advocacy organisation, discusses how taking taxis can be distressing for people with learning disabilities or autism. She highlights the need for greater disability awareness training. 

Chris Rose, director at OLM, which delivers software and services to help care organisations improve efficiencies, explains the benefits of implementing digital solutions for care management in care organisations that support service users with learning disabilities.

Embracing digitisation is part of the journey towards more outstanding care ratings and lower overheads, say OLM Systems.

Technology can play a significant role in empowering people with learning disabilities, with jobs and careers and with everyday living, say software-developers Avail.

It's never too late to learn accessible, inclusive, supportive communication.

The most common barrier to learning you don’t know enough about.

Digital tools are supporting context-based learning and much more besides.

This phone is no about how much money can be made, it is about accessibility, meaning that people with learning disabilities, who can be vulnerable to bullying and such like on the internet and social media, can be safe and still have a reliable way to contact people.