Action on accessible and #AssistiveTechnology for people with disabilities & older people. #ATPassport @enableireland @disabilityfed
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🏆 DFI has been awarded Progression Level accreditation under the @IQnotforprofit (IQ) standard, the highest tier of this independently verified quality mark.
This reflects our commitment to accountability, governance and real impact.
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Fantastic panel discussion at Chat@Trinity on how participatory learning and technology can create fun and inclusive learning environments with @declancabra @me_backwards @StuartLawler @SciFest4STEM @FreedomTech_IRL and Sheila Porter
Thank you, Maura, for sharing your AT innovation at Trinity today. It was a pleasure to meet you in person! Wishing you every success with your project. #AT4STEM
Maura Moore McCune @SciFest4STEM winner discusses her incredible winning project at Chat@Trinity using smart glasses and an accessible app to detect the presence of vehicles abs fast moving objects. @FreedomTech_IRL
📢 You can now join #CHAT this Friday online!
Register via Eventbrite to get the Zoom link 💻 eventbrite.ie/e/chattrinity-…
Big thanks to @TCDAbility for the hybrid option🙌
Limited in-person spots at An Meitheal, Printing House Sq, Trinity 🎟️
#WorldATDay #Inclusion #AssistiveTech
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The latest AI-powered features in JAWS unlock new possibilities that enhance accessibility and productivity like never before for screen reader users.
Join us Wed 4th June at 2pm for #WebinarWednesday as we explore these exciting tools.
Register
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Join us for CHAT@Trinity: Access to STEM – AT Supporting Inclusive Classrooms
📍 Trinity College Dublin
🗓️ Friday 6 June | 2–3:30pm
Discover how Assistive Tech is transforming STEM education in inclusive classrooms. eventbrite.ie/e/chattrinity-…
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Explore how assistive technology can unlock artistic potential 💭 We've got a free exclusive industry event, moderated by the iconic Sinead Burke, CEO and Founder of Tilting the Lens happening here at Project next week!
Brought to you by FreedomTech’s CHAT – Community Hub for Accessible Technology and Disrupt Disability Arts Festival, this dynamic industry event will promote collaboration across sectors, and improve access to the arts for artists and audiences with a lived experience of disability.
Networking opportunities and break-out groups will ensure 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮, 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.
7 March | 2 - 4.30pm
Free to attend! Booking required.
bit.ly/3XlYnAn
FreedomTech retweeted
Brilliant insights from today’s panel at @disruptdisarts on the power of Assistive Technology to create inclusive spaces in the arts. 🎭@FreedomTech_IRL
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Awesome to hear from Caoimhe and her journey at the Gorey school of Art to support her being an artist #AT4Art @disruptfestival @sastireland @DisabilityFed
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We are excited to invite you to our next CHAT event @disruptdisarts in Project Arts Centre or Online Friday 7th March at 2pm. Get your free tickets disruptfestival.ie/event/emp… Delighted that @TheSineadBurke will join to moderate a great panel. @DisabilityFed @NatFedVSP @sastireland
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Owen McGirr presents on his app, Switchify, increasing access to Android OS and emphasising that acessibility is a fundamental right. @FreedomTech_IRL @EnableIreland @atandme @enaboapps #CHAT
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CHAT is happening @SJOGLiffey Tessa House Tallaght tomorrow last few places remaining @DisabilityFed eventbrite.ie/e/express-myse…
If you are working to support Assistive Technology provision in Ireland please join one of these focus groups
The WHO is assessing Assistive Technology in Ireland, and it wants to hear from health and social care technicians and others engaged in service delivery. Pick one session and share your experience 19 Nov - 4 pm, 21 at 8:30am, 2 Dec @ 12pm, 11 4pm forms.office.com/e/JwVWp3Gzz…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is assessing assistive technology in Ireland. They want to hear from AT users, families, and supporters. Pick one session; 19th Nov 10am, 21st at 4pm, 5 Dec 7pm, 9 Dec 12pm Sign up forms.office.com/e/3adW7kyp3…
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Don’t miss the 'Our Place' sound art experience at the @RHAGallery running until Sept 22! 🎧✨ Created by Dr. Sinead McCann, @AlanJamesBurns & 29 artists from @SJOGLiffey @Skills4LifeSJOG , this project highlights happiness & rights! Free tour at itsourplace.ie #InclusiveArts
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NRH Whizzy Wheels day one... What an amazing start. Table tennis, wheelchair skills, dance, archery, hand cycling and so much more. Roll on the next two days #NRH #WhizzyWheels #SCI #Paediatrics @markbar74 @Merriganmania @adelebuckley – at Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland
Do you use #AssistiveTechnology to support you in Employment? If you do we would love to hear your experience and invite you to share it at an upcoming event. DM or email [email protected]
FreedomTech warmly welcomes this strategic investment in digital #AT & the govt's partnership with @WHO//www.gov.ie/en/press-release/2cc50-minister-of-state-for-disabilities-anne-rabbitte-announces-125million-funding-for-digital-assistive-technology/@EnableIreland @sastireland
Adult safeguarding: a regulatory framework. Looking forward to learning more about this. @EnableIreland @EnableService @atandme @DisabilityFed @InclusionIre @NatFedVSP
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Digital exam papers extended to Junior Cycle students. Good news, long overdue. But please extend access to all those students who use #assistivetechnology. Access for all. @atandme @EnableIreland @ncseirl rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/032…
