This is the question we are answering as we embrace technology to keep the people we support in touch with the outside world.

We have joined Microsoft's AI for Accessibility programme to help further our efforts in supporting people with disabilities into employment. It funds projects that harness the power of AI to amplify human capability for the more than one billion people around the world with a disability. This will further help our efforts in supporting people with disabilities into employment.

In this episode of our The Disability Download podcast, we’re talking all things assistive tech.

Listen to our Director of Assistive Technology, Steve Tyler, tell us about the latest developments in technology, while tech blogger Glen Turner chats about the devices that have transformed his life.

We also chatted to our Chief Executive Neil Heslop about his favourite piece of assistive technology and our Policy Manager Sharlene McGee discusses the government’s Access to Work Scheme. 

With big names from across the world joining forces at a United Nations summit to address the most pressing global issues affecting people with disabilities, leading charity Leonard Cheshire is taking the opportunity to ensure no one is left behind as part of the global goals’ agenda.

We're one of four European NGO’s involved in the development of new Braille customised LEGO bricks. Our Director of Assistive Technology Steve Tyler has been an intrinsic part of the process and talks through the creative process and potential of the product, announced today at the Sustainable Brands Conference in Paris, France.

Learn how new assistive technology is helping change the day to day lives of residents living at St Teresa's