Information Technology
PO Box 94
Warwick
CV34 5WS
Ability Net provides independent advice about computers for
use by disabled adults and children. The aim is to make information
technology access possible for all, and they look at users of all ages
and all disabilities. Local courses are run at the advice centre in
Reading, and individual assessments are available either in the home or
at the Reading centre. The service is free but donations are welcome.
For details telephone the advice helpline.
92 Windmill Road
Headington
Oxford
OX3 7DR
ACE is a charity providing a focus, information and
expertise in the use of technology as an aid to communication. It uses
assistive technology to help make computer hardware and software simple,
intelligent and accessible enough that they can be operated using
switches and presser pads. Experienced therapists provide in depth
assessments of the needs of children and young people, and also train
other professionals and parents in the use of the technology.
ACE deals with children of all disabilities, many of them
with complex needs. If a child cannot be taken to the centre, a home
visit will be made, to any location in the south of England.
Information days are held once a month for professionals and parents,
free of charge.
There is a charge for assessments.
See Transition section for more details.
Designed for the visually impaired, you can download a FREE screenreader
called Thunder.
ScreenReader.net has freeware for blindness and
visual impairment special needs throughout the world. It is free only to
individual blind people for their personal use at home; it is not free
to organisations.
The inspiration for ScreenReader.net came from two blind people in
Peterborough UK and Sensory Software Ltd in Manchester. Screenreader see
the talking computer as the gateway to literacy, learning, work and
financial independence for blind people and their mission is to
make the blind-friendly talking software available worldwide.
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