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GameOn!

01/01/2007

The Ace Centre Advisory Trust wins an award for £200,000 to fund its GameOn! project, providing young disabled people with advice on computer games and leisure software.

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Mind Control

21/11/2007

Sensor implanted in a paralysed man's brain allows him to control objects using only the power of the mind.

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Google Accessible for the visually Impaired

01/01/2007

Recently a new internet searching tool was created to help find websites that are easy to read for the visually impaired

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Delia Smith Out Of A Job

01/01/2007

Thanks to a new heat sensitive ink it is possible to get the perfect boiled egg every time. All without the advice of a certain Norwich City director.

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Look Who's Talking

01/01/2007

A development in technology has created an earpiece that has helped someone stop stammering.

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Photographic Memory

01/01/2007

Scientists in Scotland are developing implants for eyes to cure blindness.

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Possible aid for the blind, sight through sound.

17/02/2007

A New York researcher said he has helped a blind man to see again using electrodes implanted into his brain and connected to a tiny television camera mounted on a pair of glasses.

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Possible cure for Rett syndrome hailed by Scottish scientists.

17/02/2007

Rett syndrome has always been seen as an irreversible condition, however, recent tests on laboratory mice in Scotland have thrown doubt on this theory.

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Free Speech Recognition add-on for Microsoft Office

02/01/2007

Microsoft have released a free Speech Recognition add-on that is designed to work with Microsoft Office applications. Is this the answer for people who have difficulties in typing in text or is it just a gimmick?

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New cartoons to help autistic children recognise emotions

08/01/2007

A new series of cartoons, entitled The Trainspotters is being launched nationwide from today. The project is aimed at teaching autistic children how to read expressions on people’s faces to help them to interact with others around them.

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The Aidis Trust Walks Hadrian's Wall in 3 days!

01/01/2008

This year, we've decided something different for our delayed Christmas Party! We have decided to do something together that also raises money to help even more disabled people. We are walking Hadrian's Wall in 3 days.

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home Jeeves

31/07/2007

A competition has been launched in America to create a car that can drive itself. It is called the Urban Challenge.

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Learning disability love agency

12/11/2007

An Oxfordshire charity has launched a pilot project helping people with a learning disability to find love.

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