Expert Resources: learning difficulties
These are the items that relate to learning difficulties found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.
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Sarah Botterill | 27 Apr 2021AbilityNet 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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Sarah Botterill | 06 Apr 2021This FREE webinar took place on 27 April 2021Three in four people (74.6% of people) with a learning disability believe their wellbeing has been affected by the impact of coronavirus, compared with 37 percent of non-disabled people.
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Sarah Botterill | 23 Feb 2021Disabled people feel lonelier and more isolated than others both before and during Covid-19*. Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures found that around 41% of disabled people feel anxious. One in ten disabled people is scared to go out, compared to 29% and one in 25 of non-disabled people*.
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Anonymous | 16 Nov 2020This factsheet outlines some of the ways that technology can help improve the experience of learning for people experiencing a broad range of learning disabilities, differences or learning preferences.
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Sarah Botterill | 16 Jun 2020Charities and individuals are adapting to the pandemic to meet the needs of diverse communities. We brought some of these together in our recent AbilityNet LIVE! Webinar. As a panelist, Saba Salman noted when “community, communication and tech come together, the social good that comes out of that...
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Sarah Botterill | 15 Jun 2020It’s Learning Disability Week presented by Mencap this week, and the theme for 2020 is friendship during the lockdown.
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Sarah Botterill | 09 Jun 2020During a time of social distancing, individuals and charities have adapted their ways of communicating with people with neurodiverse needs in order to keep in touch. We'll hear from them first-hand how they're embracing technology in innovative ways.
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Adam Tweed | 02 Jun 2020If you have begun to explore the world of online learning as a means of exercising your mind during Covid-19 lockdown, our suggestions might be of interest.
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Annie Mannion | 01 Nov 2019With just 0.3 per cent of the total workforce in the film industry living with a disability, it's time for a change - find out how tech has been playing its part.
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Claudia.Cahalane | 09 Apr 2019We talk to the Down's Syndrome Association and blogger Leah Jones who has Down's syndrome about which technology is great for learning, fun and organisation for children and adults who have Down's syndrome
