When we neglect digital accessibility, we exclude millions from fully participating in society.
its not just a problem for disabled people; it’s a challenege that impacts us all. Global Accessibly day serves as a powerful remainder that creating inclusive digital spaces isn’t just the responsibility of a few-it’s a collective effort that benefits everyone.” (Charity Digital 26th June 2024)
Good morning one on this fine day. Today is the week before we undertake our joint annual general meeting with North Tyneside Disability Forum. As a partner in supporting vulnerable people, we endeavour to ensure that all users of the service have access to digital support and thereby experience a joyful excursion involving our team of a volunteer digital champions. To achieve that we do the following –
Engage
Enable
Educate
Empower
Thank you to all our volunteers for our achievements to date in helping over 1200 disabled people to gain value from their digital journeys.
I have always loved the Only Fools And Horses big yellow van from Only Fools And Horses I have always loved it since I was younger. It is also called Trotters Independent Trading Company van.
These are the really old big red Double Decker Buses from the 70’s and 1980’s from before and after I was born. These are one of my favourite kind of buses their always have been to I have always really liked these kind of buses and I think their are really good.
I love walking along The Waggonways sometimes when the weather is nice. It is nice to walk along they when it is a lovely day and lot of people go riding along they on they bikes to. Some people take they dogs for a walk along they to and I use to go bike riding along The Waggonways with my Mum Dad and my Brother Dan when I was younger and I use to really enjoy walking along The Waggonways with Eric through the years sometimes when I was very young to.
This is what The Spanish City in Whitley Bay looked like in the 1980,s years before I was born. This is what it was like back then in the 80,s almost a lot different then how it looks like now and the rollercoaster is not they anymore either.
Our recent support from #jobnetworkbristol ( has been a lifeline for one of our beneficiaries. Jimmy had a Stroke, which has left him mainly offline with only occasional trips to the library. But with the help of jobnetworkbristol our project took receipt of a tablet, set it up and presented to Jimmy. To help in the digital journey Jimmy is now an active user of the online course: Learn My Way https://www.learnmyway.com/ providing easy to follow examples covering a variety of online features and functions relating to emails, accessing socially essential services, security, social media, dealing with errors and making your PC/Laptop accessible whether for hearing , visual, physical or cognitive support. We can provide one-to-one mentoring alongside face to face support at our weekly drop in sessions.
Whether we like it or not technology is expanding into all areas of our social and economic daily lives. For many, this can be a struggle because systems are not accessible or are complete nonsense to those who recall days gone by when “chatting over the garden wall” was the mainstay of the local neighbourhood. Across the UK local digital support services reach out to those on the digital periphery in lots of ways and, critically, provide social support, in the traditional sense, to make sure people take ownership of their local projects. At Park View we constantly review how we extend our support and always look to improve based on your experience. But we still need to do much more!
Useful Assistive Technology links that are inexpensive and readily available
Here is an ongoing list for those who might find this helpful:- AbilityNet has a set of useful advice suitable for different conditions Voice control for Chrome – extension from the chrome store Chrome Store – lotts of extensions for Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon Google Keep – for remembering and storing information Grammarly- online support for writing […]