Disability & Assistive Tech ConsultancyAccessible Technology guidance to support your employees

As an employer, you have the best interests of your employees at the forefront of your mind. When an employee has a disability or illness, you want to ensure that the workplace adapts to their needs whilst maintaining productivity.

Our consultant works with you to not only ensure that all reasonable adjustments are made for your employee, but that your team member feels like part of the process. They are assessed fully by our Assistive Technologist, with recommendations discussed before a final report is produced.

Our Assessment Reports include details of our meetings and conversations, recommendations, any associated concerns and information on sourcing items including pricing.

If you are local to Salisbury, we can consult face-to-face, otherwise we will offer video consultancy.

  • In-Person locally, or via Video Call throughout UK
  • Informal, friendly service
  • Assessment and Customisation
  • Experienced Assistive Technologist with background in SCI
  • Guidance on available adaptive technology
  • If local, setup and training may be offered as required
  • Assessment report provided
Woman at a desk in wheelchair - Assistive Technology Assessment service for Companies

We use Assistive Technology that is available on the open market alongside built in accessibility features that you may already have access to via your work device. We make recommendations on the best desk setup to alleviate discomfort and may make suggestions on changes to rest or movement periods throughout an average workday.
Each and every setup is personalised and customised, no 2 will look the same. Below is a list of just some of the items which we use in our recommendations…

  • Alternative Mouse – Trackballs, Vertical, Ergonomic..
  • Adaptive Joysticks
  • Trackpads and Touchpads
  • Stylus with support
  • Adaptive Switches and Switch Interfaces
  • Voice Recognition Tools
  • Dictation Software
  • Mouth Controlled Mouse
  • Head Tracking
  • Eye Tracking / Eye Gaze
  • Specialist Mounting Systems

We begin with an informal chat, this can include you, your HR team and your employee. We also aim to speak with your employee privately. If you are local to Salisbury (Wilts, Hants, Dorset), we can do this in-person, alternatively we can do this via video call.

We look at not only your employees diagnosis, but what daily struggles they may be experiencing at work. We talk about how they manage different elements of their job and how this impacts their health and wellbeing outside of work – are they left with cramp in their hands, severely fatigued, back or neck ache etc…
We like to take a look at this stage at the work environment of your team member, how their desk is set up, what chair they use etc.

Following this we make recommendations on how this can be managed, any software, hardware or adaptations and how this would be used. We have a further discussion and go through the pros and cons of these recommendations together to enable everyone involved to make an informed decision. This creates the basis for our report.

Our Assistive Technologist has gained experience mainly working with people who have had a Spinal Cord Injury, powered and manual wheelchair users and with varying degrees of upper limb function. Experience in other areas includes working with people with Autism and ADHD, Dyslexia, Developmental Coordination Disorder (Dyspraxia), Visual Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Connective Tissue Disorders and other widespread pain conditions.

Our service is open to all companies and their employees. There is no need for formal diagnosis or for their needs to be one of the above mentioned. we always begin with an informal discussion so we will be able to say quite quickly whether we will be the correct service for you, or whether signposting elsewhere would be more appropriate.

Please Note: This service is not inclusive within our IT Support Packages however clients on the Monitor and Protect Package will receive a 20% Discount to the consultancy rate.

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