EXCLUSIVE: Making sure your business is evacuation ready for disabled employees and visitors
Chris Persey, Operations Director at The Stair Climbing Company, provides guidance for businesses on how they can ensure their premises are evacuation ready for disabled…
Government’s SEND plan is a “missed opportunity” for assistive tech
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) feels that the UK Government’s recently published plan for…
EXCLUSIVE: Putting your best foot forward – Why now is the time for adaptive footwear
Joseph DiFrancisco, Occupational Therapist and Founder of Friendly Shoes, discusses the growing adaptive footwear market. Life requires footwear, and putting on shoes is among the…
EXCLUSIVE: How can health tech support health and social care professionals and users?
Gavin Bashar, Managing Director at Tunstall UK&I, offers his thoughts on how technology-enabled care services (TECS) can support the UK’s health, housing, and social care…
EXCLUSIVE: The effect of changes to AFOs when walking in children with cerebral palsy
Nachiappan Chockalingam is the director of Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies at Staffordshire University Staffordshire University’s Nicola Eddison, Aoife Healy, and Nachiappan Chockalingam discuss…
Guest article: The right to adequate housing remains out of reach for people with disabilities
A new Lords select committee report highlights how a shortage of adaptable, accessible and appropriate housing is failing millions of people in this country. Holly…
EXCLUSIVE: Developing the next generation of health, housing, and social care professionals
Andy Hart, the head of technical delivery and support at Tunstall Healthcare, discusses why developing the next generation of health, housing, and social care professionals…
EXCLUSIVE: Meeting in the middle – Increasing accessibility for low vision technology
Roland Mattern, Director of Marketing for eSight Roland Mattern, Director of Marketing for eSight, talks about how the COVID pandemic forced a culture of change…
EXCLUSIVE: Choosing the right assistive listening system to ensure accessibility, inclusivity and safety for patients with hearing loss
Ran Meyrav, Head of Business Development at Contacta Systems Ran Meyrav, Head of Business Development at Contacta Systems, discusses the benefits of various assistive listening…
AUTUMN STATEMENT 2022: Health and social care leaders react to government’s funding plans
Following last week’s Autumn Statement 2022 announcement by Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt about the UK Government’s tax and spending plans for the year…