Lilac flyer for the Digital Lifeline research project which reads: Do you support an adult (18+) with a learning disability who got a free tablet in the COVID-19 pandemic? We want to invite you to our online supporters’ workshop to talk about your experiences. You’ll receive a £75 shopping voucher for taking part. Email us for more information: digitallifeline@mmu.ac.uk

Are you a #FamilyCarer or professional of an adult with a #LearningDisability in England? Did they receive a free device during the COVID-19 pandemic? Join our online research workshop to share your experiences:

#AcademicSky #AutRes #LearningDisabilities #DigitalInclusion

Digital Lifeline - Downs Syndrome Association Researchers would like to hear from people with learning disabilities as part of an assessment of the government's Digital Lifeline Fund.

Thank you so much to the #DownsSyndromeAssociation for sharing our call for research participants.

Did you support someone with a learning disability with a free digital device they received during the pandemic?

Contact us to join one of our online workshops and share your experience:

There’s still time for people with #LearningDisabilities to take part in our survey!

Contact us for more information.

#DigitalInclusion #SelfAdvocacy #Accessibility #Inclusion #AcademicSky

@learningdiseng.bsky.social @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social @arcengland.bsky.social @seeability.bsky.social

Do you know someone with a learning disability who got a tablet in 2021 through the Digital Lifeline Fund? They could win up to £100 for telling us about their experiences (with multiple chances to win!) and your organisation will get a thank-you payment for connecting us with them. E-mail us: digitallifeline@mmu.ac.uk for more

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Did your organisation support people with #LearningDisabilities to get set up with free tablets through the #DigitalLifelineFund in 2021? We want to hear from you!

#LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky #AutRes #Survey #SocialResearch #DigitalInclusion #DigitalLifeline

It’s #LearningDisabilityWeek and this year’s theme is about being seen, heard and valued.

Find out more about how people with #LearningDisabilities are part of our project at www.digitallifeline.org

#LDWeek

White background with purple 'Digital Lifeline' logo in the top-middle. On the top right is a 'made with photosymbols' logo. In the centre is two pictures. On the left is a picture of a magnifying glass with a survey page in the middle. On the right is a picture of a woman in a wheelchair. She is wearing a red cardigan and looking at a tablet, smiling. Another smiling woman in an orange cardigan is crouching next to her to look at the tablet.

In our project, we work together to learn what kinds of support people with learning disabilities might need to use the internet, and devices like tablets or smartphones.

#GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD #AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #DigitalLifeline

Two images on white background. Left image: comparison of a complex form with a simple, easy-read form. Right image: Open book with the words 'Large Print' and 'Large print makes the words easier to read.'

For example, to make reading or writing more accessible we could ask for leaflets, forms or letters to be given in a different way like easy-read or large print.

#GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD #AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch

Woman in a wheelchair on a ramp pointing at an 'easy read' document with a stopwatch and speech bubble.

When we make something more accessible, it means we make it easier to learn, understand, and take part.

#GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay

On the left is an mage of a calendar page showing 15th May. On the right is the logo for Global Accessibility Awareness Day showing the letters GAAD in a dark blue, incomplete circle with a keyboard at the starting point of the circle. Both images are on a white background.

Today is #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay!

#AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch

Introducing the #DigitalLifeline project website!

digitallifeline.org

Here you can find out everything you need to know about the project (so far!), our partners, and team, and how to contact us about the research.

We're now at the exciting stage of piloting the #DigitalLifeline survey with help from a self-advocacy group in Greater Manchester. We had some great feedback and ideas to enhance the survey further before it goes live!

The image shows the purple Digital Lifeline project logo on a lilac background. In the middle are two Photosymbols: the first is a research survey in a black magnifying glass, and the second is a young woman with glasses in a wheelchair wearing a red cardigan and cream trousers, smiling at a tablet she is holding. An older woman with an orange cardigan and black trousers is kneeling down next to her, also looking at the tablet. At the bottom of the picture are the logos for the research team, Manchester Metropolitan University, the Association for Real Change, the Good Things Foundation, Learning Disability England, SeeAbility, and our funder, the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

Exciting times for the #DigitalLifeline project as work is well under way for the first phase of our research, and those who gave out tablets as part of the original #DigitalLifelineFund have now been contact about taking part!

We had our first @digitallifeline.bsky.social advisory group meeting this afternoon and I can’t express strongly enough how great it is to have a fantastic group of people advising a research project!

In case you missed it, here’s our introductory video for the #DigitalLifeline project:

A short video here introducing our new @digitallifeline.bsky.social research project with @arcengland.bsky.social @clivepbass.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social

Introduction to the Digital Lifeline research project YouTube video by Digital Lifeline

Check out our short introductory video to learn more about the #DigitalLifeline project!

Introduction to the Digital Lifeline research project YouTube video by Digital Lifeline

Check out our short introductory video to learn more about the #DigitalLifeline project!

go.bsky.app/4JubDE9 lots of new people on here over the last week or so (wonder why! 🤔 😉). Welcome 👋).Sharing my list of folks in the UK with an interest in learning disability. Let me know if you or anyone you know should be added. Join the community #morethemerrier

It was great to share some of our inclusive digital access research projects (including the new @digitallifeline.bsky.social project) today as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

This new research project is funded by @nihr.bsky.social and is a collaboration between #ManMetUni #AssociationforRealChange #GoodThingsFoundation #LearningDisabilityEngland @learningdiseng.bsky.social and #SeeAbility.

Introducing the new #DigitalLifeline project! The research will explore the experiences of people with a #learningdisability of the #DigitalLifelineFund which gave 5,500 digital devices, data, and support to people with a learning disability during the COVID-19 pandemic.