In the last year, the media has shone a spotlight on children’s online safety. From cyberbullying to revenge porn to the celebrity photo hack, the importance of online security has never been more prominent.

Ten designers, developers and entrepreneurs have been named finalists in a competition intended to help unearth new products, technologies and systems for the 12.2 million people living with a long term illness or disability in the UK.

As tablet computers grow in popularity and use, people with learning disabilities are increasingly experiencing the benefits that they can bring. Dot Reeves investigates

A groundbreaking headset designed to improve speech and auditory processing, has received the best ICT Special Educational Needs Solution at the world’s leading showcase of education technology solutions, the BETT Show.

The 7th international festival of short films made by people with learning disabilities is inviting submissions for their 2015 festival.

Two publications from the Anti-Bullying Alliance, one on the views of young people, and the other guidance for teachers and other professionals. [07-Mar-2014]

KEY Community Supports operates throughout Scotland to provide support for people with disabilities. KEY had approached IRISS for suggestions about how they might deliver training and advice to its support workers at the point where support is delivered.
Building on an idea from SSSC to use the video capabilities of the Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) to take learning and knowledge as close as possible to the point of implementation, researchers set out to test it.

This special report takes a practice-focussed approach to assistive technology and discusses the evidence - and the challenges - emerging from a series of evaluations that have attempted to identify, and quantify, the results of real, local investment in telecare services.

Patients with learning disabilities are now more empowered to feedback their experiences of NHS care and treatment through a new digital app launched at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).

MyDiary is a software solution that is set to revolutionise supported living for people with learning disabilities, but why was it created? Steve Piper, MD of The Care Division, explains.