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Features

Hiding from the written world »

The civil servant who finally got help with her dyslexia

Elaine Roper from HMRC

Snap happy »

Zooming in on the technology used by the Disabled Photographers' Society

Flipping heck: John Miller FDPS LRPS took this picture of aerobatic planes by biting on the shutter release of a Canon EOS 3

Long live RSI, alas »

Paying the price of our love affair with technology

Tim Cooper


Closing date for Google scholarships worth €7K

March 15 is the deadline for applications for a €7,000 Google scholarship. The grants are open to final year computer science students with a disability who are studying at a European university. Applicants with the right academic credentials and passion will also be invited on a networking retreat in Zurich.  Further details are available here

We are off to CSUN

Next issue Ability will be reporting from  the largest assistive technology show of its kind in the world. Organised by the California State University Northridge  Center on Disabilities, the event, expected to draw over 4,000 people, will take place in San Diego. The conference and exhibition halls will be open March 24 to 27.  To join us go to the conference website 


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