Articles

Welcome to our article directory, since iansyst was founded we have given priority to helping our customers with advice and information.

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• Michael Gove at BETT 2012

  This article is a synopsis of Michael Gove's speech at BETT 2012

• Support and Aspiration: A New Approach to Special Educational Needs and Disability

  The coalition government is consulting about "Support and Aspiration: A New Approach to Special Educational Needs and Disability"

• Dispelling Dyslexia with Omega-3: Fishy or For Real?

  Hailed as 'brain food', omega-3 has been hitting the headlines again. Many of us may remember the pinched noses and curled lips that came with swallowing cod liver oil in the name of keeping mother happy, thinking she was making us cleverer.

• Visual Impairment Awareness & Assistive Technology

  During March and April 2009 Graham Longly visited iansyst to deliver some Visual Impairment Awareness training. Here he discusses the training delivered and talks about Visual Impairment and the technology available to help.

• Sayce Review: Submission from the British Assistive Technology Association

  Assistive Technology gives support in and into work

• Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

  Green Paper response

• Dyslexia in the workplace

  Realising your employees' potential

• How to ensure a dyslexia-friendly workplace

  As many as one in 10 people in the UK workforce have dyslexia, a neurological disorder affecting a person’s reading, writing and spelling skills. However many companies are still unsure how best to recognise and support dyslexic employees.

• Equality for dyslexia - a step further forward for the Right to Read Campaign

  Information on the Right to Read Campaign

• Towards a corporate policy on Accessible Format Materials

  Accessible Format Materials

• Early Steps towards ‘Right to Control’

  The Office for Disability Issues is calling for expressions of interest from local authorities who want to trail-blaze the 'Right to Control' initiative in early 2010.

• Caring and Flexible Working

  Research on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions suggest employees' awareness of the 'right to request' flexible working to be able to care for another person was low

• 9 pointers to help writing and reading

  Adult dyslexics may find that the following ten pointers, which introduce key software products and technology, help to make reading and writing easier.

• Making your computer speak using text to speech

  Using text to speech software with your computer enables the user to have documents, emails and web pages read out loud

• Speech Recognition, Dyslexia and Disabilities

  "Dictating to your computer is so easy. No typing, no more spelling mistakes, it's the dyslexic person's dream."