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Posts tagged 'disability'

Jodie uses a Windows Tablet via a ‘head-mouse camera’ to speak, access computing and to control her ECS

Sharing knowledge is as important as new technology

7 July 2014 by Rohan Slaughter, Head of Technology and Assistant Principal at Scopes Beaumont College

Thoughts on the ‘Collaborative Innovation  – involving disabled people in user-led innovation’ PolicyLab   It was an interesting experience to…

Tram ramp

Turning dreams into reality

4 July 2014 by Dr John Conway, Director of Research and Disability Officer at the Royal Agricultural University and Chair, STEM Disability Committee

Thoughts on the ‘Collaborative Innovation  – involving disabled people in user-led innovation’ PolicyLab   I was a member of the…

Crossing paths

Integrating bespoke and adapted ‘off the shelf’ technology to serve disabled people

2 July 2014 by Rohan Slaughter, Head of Technology and Assistant Principal at Scopes Beaumont College

The answer to the question of using mainstream and specialist technology is not ‘mainstream is good’ and ‘specialist is bad’…

WREX exoskeleton at the 3D: printing the future exhibition at the Science Museum, London

What technologies do disabled people need?

12 June 2014 by Dr John Conway, Director of Research and Disability Officer at the Royal Agricultural University and Chair, STEM Disability Committee

Disability as defined by legislation is ‘having an impairment that has a significant impact in daily life’[1]. In a lot…

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