Assistive technology and enabling employment

Shaw Trust and the Disabled Living Foundation are keen to hear individual's views on the role that assistive technology plays in enabling people to succeed in work.

Assistive technology can be defined as any products, equipment, and systems that enhance learning, working, and daily living for disabled people. This could include products like wheelchairs, hearing aids and glasses through to screen readers and voice activated software like Dragon.

The responses to this survey are confidential and will support us to inform government about the importance assistive technology plays in every day lives. 

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* 1. Do you use assistive technology?

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* 2. If you are currently, or have ever been in work, what role has assitive technology played in enabling you to move successfully into work?

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* 3. What was your employers' understanding of assistive technology? Does more need to be done to inform employers about the role assitive technology can play in supporting disabled people at work?

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* 4. Have you had any assistive technology purchased through Access to Work? If so, what has your experience been of the Access to Work scheme?

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* 5. What does government need to do to help disabled people to access the assistive technology needed to enter and sustain work?

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