Accessibility
Following on from Superihighways role as the ICT Hub's Accessibility Champion for London in 2007, we have recently been funded by an Adobe Community Investment Grant for an eAccess project which will address the digital inclusion agenda by supporting people with disabilities to access electronic information through the use of assistive technologies.
This project has been funded to run in Kingston and we will be working in partnership with Kingston Centre for Independent Living to deliver it.
We will be:
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Linking with 12 local voluntary and community organisations providing services to people with disabilities in the community, supporting them to utilise the Access Learning Centre’s resources (both hardware and software) and benefit their clients and members
- Run a twice monthly open session at the Access Learning Centre for individuals / organisations to drop in and use the assistive technologies available. Assessments and basic training will be given by appointment and volunteers trained up to help run the sessions
- Operate a loan scheme of equipment to the sector and its clients e.g. a specialist mouse or other input device to members of Positive Action on Multiple Sclerosis
- Develop a mentoring programme to cascade skills e.g. working with KingstonAssociation of the Blind to support members pass on skills such as using the screen reader software JAWS / Supernova
- Disseminate learning, raise awareness and promote resources available to the South London sub region through the Superhighways website and newsletter
- Continue to work closely with AbilityNet (www.abilitynet.org.uk), e.g. seeking specialist advice for a particular disability or a remote assessment if necessary.
Further information will be available soon on the Access Learning Centre website www.accesslearningcentre.org.uk
