A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 5th December, 2016
The Scottish Government has published A Fairer Scotland For Disabled People as a Delivery Plan to 2021 for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The document outlines five main ambitions of the Scottish Government for changing the lives of disabled people in Scotl...
Book in for January seminar at CALL Scotland
Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 25th November, 2016
On 17th January we are holding a morning seminar on Assessment and Support of Students with Additional Support Needs. We want to raise awareness of the potential of Assistive Technology and to help teachers not only understand how transformational it can be for students with additi...
Raising attainment through Assistive Technology
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 24th November, 2016
The vision for education in Scotland described in the National Improvement Framework is: Excellence through raising attainment: ensuring that every child achieves the highest standards in literacy and numeracy, set out within Curriculum for Excellence levels, and the right range of skills, qualifi...
ASL and Technology, 2017
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 24th November, 2016
We've been working on plans for our Additional Support for Learning (ASL) and Technology 2017 conference and things are now starting to take shape. Next year's event will be held over two days, at CALL Scotland, Edinburgh on Wednesday June 14th and at the Golden Jubilee Hotel, Clydebank on T...
CALL Assistive Technology (AT) Community
Posted by Craig Mill on the 17th November, 2016
CALL has created a new email forum, ‘CALL Assistive Technology (AT) Community’ an informal space for people with a common interest; to share ideas and resources, to exchange information, to ask questions related to assistive technology in an educational context, to discuss a rang...
Talking Dyslexia
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 14th November, 2016
As part of my role as Information Officer, I give occasional talks on the use of technology to support people with dyslexia, to branches of Dyslexia Scotland, parent groups and others. In the last week of October I spoke with parents from the Glasgow Gaelic School and met with the North East Scotlan...
Downloads - Updates and Additions
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 11th November, 2016
We've been fairly busy over the past month updating some of our downloadable posters and creating new ones. It is great that people have been finding them not only attractive, but also very useful.
Nae mair sair heids with head switches
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 10th November, 2016
On Wednesday I was in a school setting up some head switches with a learner, for driving a Smart Wheelchair on loan. Since most switches are made of hard plastic, over the years my practice has always been to glue some foam or Evazote on top of the switch to make it more comfortable - it's no fu...
New Features to Support Literacy in iOS 10
Posted by Craig Mill on the 30th September, 2016
There are three new features in iOS 10 that have the potential to make a big difference for learners with literacy difficulties such as dyslexia and also for those with visual difficulties. Typing Feedback Highlight Content Display Accommodations They can all be found in &...
Apps for Memory and Organisation
Posted by Allan Wilson on the 26th September, 2016
I had an interesting meeting with Dyslexia Scotland's Adult Network (Glasgow) recently to discuss software and apps to support memory and organisation. Most members of the group are using some form of technology to note appointments, provide reminders, make short notes and organisation, but the ...
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