Tag: Disability
Apple previews new designs for World Emoji Day
Apple has released previews of a number of new emoji due to be rolled out later this year – including a range of disability-themed designs – to mark World Emoji Day. The new emoji, which include characters in different types of wheelchair, as well as designs showing a partially-sighted person with a cane and a…
Scottish Parliament launches app to help disabled visitors
The Scottish Parliament has launched an app designed to help disabled people with personalised assistance at venues. The Welcome app by Neatebox allows those with additional needs to set up a personal profile and request help in advance of their visit. Holyrood has now been added to the list of facilities and venues. Using beacon…
Disability-themed emoji among latest designs approved for use
A range of disability-themed emojis has been confirmed as part of the next collection of image-based characters, due to be released later this year. Icons showing hearing aids, wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs and guide dogs are among the latest set of approved images from the Unicode Consortium, the body which maintains and regulates the library of…
Microsoft Christmas advert shows benefits of Xbox Adaptive controller for disabled
Microsoft's Christmas advert for 2018 focuses on the power of its Adaptive Controller, released earlier this year, to make video games more accessible to those with disabilities. The short film shows nine-year-old Owen, who has Escobar Syndrome – a condition which limits his mobility - gradually being surrounded by his friends as he tries to…
Brain Awareness Week: Help disabled people change lives with assistive technology
For most of us, a slight improvement in technology means that we can access our emails a little quicker or store more music and video on our mobile phones. But for some of the people in the video, it helped…
