New Media
People with learning disabilities are using new media to communicate, shape their lives, train for work and live independently. The Rix Centre has courses called multimedia advocacy. They have been a great success: many people have changed the way they now communicate with and to people with learning disabilities. You can find out about our multimedia advocacy in this section and in the ’Teaching & Learning’ section of this website.
There are also personal stories from people who have used multimedia to make a difference in their lives. You will be able find some help here about web accessibility. We are developing version 2 of ‘easy-build’ Web-site development tools for people with learning disabilities to make their own web portal. Check out the ‘Beyond the Road Ahead’ report created for SCIE.
Recently we started a new blog all about the different technologies that is being used to assist people with learning disabilities to gain access to the internet with simple interactions. With open source software we are developing new practices. We will be telling you all about it at The Big Tree Blog and you can join in the conversation too.
