Firefighters are required to constantly update their knowledge and qualifications. In the past they would have attended short intensive courses in a classroom with face-to-face tuition, but now are often required to follow online courses. Web-based materials can be a barrier to those who have dyslexia as the Fire Brigades Union discovered.
Jumeirah English Speaking School (JESS) always works at the leading edge of 21st century teaching and have always been early adopters of new assistive technology programmes and apps to support students with specific learning needs.
Tristan Young is a 3L Year law student at Arizona Summit Law School. She is a bright student who was diagnosed with dyslexia and other learning disabilities after her frustration with scores on her LSAT exams. Tristan purchased a single user license of Read&Write for Mac and began seeing changes almost immediately.
Sheffield College is at an exciting stage with a thriving student population of 17,000 students, a strong and growing business portfolio and a stunning new city campus.Their values of achieving excellence, promoting inclusiveness, great relationships, innovating and being a great place to work and learn, all support the core value to be learner driven, which is at the heart of everything they do at Sheffield College.
Simon Stevens, the influential leading independent disability consultant is maximising online access for website visitors by adopting browsealoud on his website.
The Township of Alfred and Plantagenet sought a solution which would transform their online visitor’s experience, enabling them to easily find and understand the information they desired.