AI helps older and disabled people learning digital skills
🧠 1. Use AI for daily life assistance AI tools can act like a personal assistant: ✅ Examples Voice assistants (Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri) Set reminders for medication or appointments Control lights, heating, and appliances (smart home) Chatbots (like Copilot/ChatGPT) Help write emails or letters Simplify complex documents (e.g. benefits letters) Plan daily routines or schedules 👉 Tip: Ask AI to “explain this in simple terms” if something feels overwhelming. 👀 2. Acces
Providing Digital Support to Those Visually Impaired
Ground the programme in UK legal and accessibility standards your training must be accessible by design, not adapted later. Equality Act 2010: requires organisation to make anticipatory reasonable adjustments for disabled people, including digital services and training platforms Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018 if relevant digital content must meet WCAG 2.2 AA and publish an accessibility statement. WCAG 2.2 AA the current UK government standard for digital
Online Safety Policy relating to Young Adults with a Learning Disabilities (UK)
1. Purpose To ensure young adults with learning disabilities are: Safe from online harm, abuse, and exploitation Supported to use the internet confidently and positively Empowered to make informed choices online 2. Key Principles ✅ Safety and wellbeing come first ✅ Empowerment over restriction (teach safe use rather than banning access) ✅ Proportional supervision (based on individual needs) ✅ Respect for privacy and rights ✅ Early intervention and reporting 3. Scope Applies t
Building confidence to close the AI participation gap in the UK
For many people, using AI feels intuitive. It helps make everyday tasks quicker and easier. But for the nearly eight million people in the UK who lack digital skills, AI can feel like an insurmountable obstacle. In fact, advanced AI should be a bridge, not a barrier, to digital participation. Used well, it can help people overcome many of the barriers that keep them offline—fear of scams, cognitive overload and reliance on more digitally literate friends or family. Mart che
Policy: Supporting Young Disabled People to Tackle Online Bullying (UK) National Guidelines Best Practice.
1. Purpose This policy sets out how the organisation will prevent, identify, respond to, and record online bullying affecting disabled children and young people, ensuring their safety, dignity, and wellbeing. Disabled young people are statistically more likely to be targeted online and may face additional barriers to reporting abuse. [anti-bully...nce.org.uk], 2. Scope This policy applies to: Disabled children and young people (typically under 18, or up to 25 where SEND appli
