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If you are having difficulty reading this then listen instead.................... Salfordonline.com is pleased to announce a FREE downloadable software programme enabling you to listen to the content of your computer screen, rather than have to read it. Just highlight the screen text, click a button then sit back and listen as the words are converted into speech. Ideal for those suffering: • Visual impairment • Dyslexia • Eye strain • Poor reading skills Also helps those for whom english is not a first language. Just click on the Text To Speech icon at ... ( Click for More Information ) Active Ability sport and leisure programme... Here is a fun packed February half term programme in Salford for children and young people with disabilities. Pioneering new project to help hearing... A pioneering project, providing vital encouragement and support to help people in Manchester adjust to wearing NHS hearing aids, i... Advice from Salford hearing loss charity With many people beating the January blues by booking ‘staycations’, Action on Hearing Loss is urging Salford holidaymakers with h... New forum for Claremont for people... Are you excluded from activities or projects in the Claremont & Weaste area and do you have problems with access to buildings, s... Gov't bill makes 2012 hardest year... by Lucinda Roberts, Parliamentary manager at Scope As we enter 2012 we can expect to begin to see the true extent to which refo... New badge “as secure as a... Tough new measures to crack down on drivers who abuse the disabled parking system - including a new Blue Badge design which is har... Fire Safety Advice for the Disabled The below information has been developed for people with sight, hearing and mobility difficulties and those who care for them. It ... Ford taps Cambridge University experts in... Ford is using Cambridge University's Vision and Hearing Impairment Simulator to design its vehicles to help people with age-relate... DLA victory confirmed The following communication has kindly been forwarded by SalfordOnline member Joanne2 Open Forum meeting in Weaste and... Would you be interested in joining an Open Forum for people with disabilities and/or varying health requirements in Claremont/Weas... Salford residents invited to rate local... Action on Hearing Loss – formerly RNID – is inviting Salford residents with hearing loss to be the first to rate their experience ... Claremont and Weaste Disability Open... Would you be interested in joining an Open Forum for people with disabilities and/or varying health requirements in Claremont/Wea... Free touch typing for blind in... Henshaws Society for Blind People are holding free 12 week IT courses for blind and visually impaired people across Salford. Euroleague Games in support of Special... Turkish Airlines Euroleague dedicates every season two competition games in Support of Special Olympics. Video: Salford to screen disability films... This Saturday, 3rd December, the big screens outside BBC North on Salford Quays will play host to a series of films on disability ... Buille Hill Christmas stroll for carers A message from Caroline Allport, Salford Development Worker (Older People) Euroleague Players Promoting Special Olympics In this video some Euroleague players promote the basic Special Olympics values such as respect, acceptance, inclusion and human d... How You Can Help Fight a... To help raise awareness of the emotional and financial toll Alzheimer’s has on caregivers, PhRMA will be contributing a dollar – u... How You Can Help Fight a... In honour of Alzheimer’s disease month, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) produced a compelling vid... Henshaws goes mobile with free I.T.... Blind and partially sighted people in Greater Manchester who want to find out more about the basics of using a computer are invite... Salford: Have your say on disability Disability Equality and Health Care - What changes are needed? Boost Opportunities for Europe's 80 Million... The first deaf MEP and an EPP Group member, Adam Kosa of Hungary, spearheads an effort to boost opportunity for Europe´s 80 millio... Europe Must Help People with Disabilities... The Parliament report by EPP Group for the Employment Commitee proposes the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020. A Place Called Happiness Presentation of research into the neighbourhood experiences of carers of people with dementia in Salford When? Tuesday 13th Sep... Have your say Day in Salford People with didabilities in Salford are being invited to tell the NHS about their specific needs. 'We have no love for the... Dilnot aside, we must not lose focus on the Law Commission's ground-breaking report which aims to replace all social care law with... Notice from the Green Party -... The following notice has been received by SalfordOnline from Mr Joseph O’Neill of The Green Party Early today we received the... Historic London Improves Accessibility Ahead of... To mark a year to go to the Paralympics, this piece demonstrates that London, host city for the 2012 Games, and the UK are accessi... Ouch! BBC news and podcast Ouch! is now a blog and a podcast from the BBC. Look out for our Friday disability news round up and our Wednesday BBC iPlayer rou... Lord Freud unveils housing benefit shake-up... by Ross Macmillan The Government today unveiled plans to shake up housing benefit for disabled people. Disabled Travel Guide An advice guide aimed at helping disabled people travelling through airports has been produced BBC Ouch! disability newsletter: news, comment... Ouch towers has moved. Now that we're all unpacked and have been allocated our firedrill buddies, we are delighted to be back! Mental Health Trust launches dementia café... Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Trust (GMW) is celebrating 'Dementia Awareness Week' by launching a Dementia Café on 7th... Mr Punch to visit Salford care... Barton Brook Residential and Nursing Home in Eccles is to be one of the lucky Bupa homes to get a taste of the Great British seasi... GPs missing early dementia - new... New research from the University of Leicester demonstrates that general practitioners (GPs) are struggling to correctly identify p... Tory MP: 'Disabled should accept lower... A Tory MP has suggested that disabled people should offer themselves for work at below the minimum wage. Salford Disability Awareness Day Sunday 26th June at Buile Hill Park between 12pm - 4pm will see Salford Disability Awareness Day with lots of activities including... Charities urge health reforms revision A group of 40 charities is warning that the government must make major changes to its planned reform of the NHS. Be inspired to talk Disability in... Salford Disability Forum is holding its inaugural Salford Disability Awareness Raising Day 2011 – Be Inspired on 26th June 2011, 1... National Autistic Society welcomes ten-minute rule... The National Autistic Society (NAS) has welcomed Robert Buckland MP's ten-minute rule bill to improve the lives of people with aut... Ouch! BBC blog Here are the latest links to disability related programmes on BBC TV, radio and iPlayer Peer criticises scrapping of DLA Baroness Browning calls for a formal impact assessment on the removal of the Disability Living Allowance. DIY theatre company is delighted to... DIY is a Salford based theatre company led by a group of learning disabled performers first established in 1994. 'Three-quarters of sick claimants fit for... by Ross Macmillan Three-quarters of claimants who apply for sickness benefit are found fit to work or drop their claims befor... Ouch! BBC blog Here are the latest links to disability related programmes on BBC TV, radio and iPlayer Ouch! BBC blog Here are the latest links to disability related programmes on BBC TV, radio and iPlayer Blue Badge - Residents consultation Please have a look at the draft application/assessment form for a Blue Badge by scrolling down the pdf file below. Your comments w... Ouch! BBC Blog Here are the latest links to disability related programmes on BBC TV, radio and iPlayer Easter activities in Salford for disabled... Sailing, canoeing, swimming, climbing, dance, gymnastics are all on the agenda for disabled children in Salford this Easter, at va... Displaying Disability Items 1 - 50 of 50

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