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  • Protecting clients from social media menaces
    Tech & industry24 Apr

    When a young British woman with learning difficulties announced she was marrying an Egyptian she’d met online, her guardians were unsurprisingly sceptical. The 21-year-old, who'd been brain injured in a car accident as a child, was going to pay for Asrat to come to the UK, where they’d live happily ever after. What her support [...]

  • Assistive tech drive moves up a gear
    Tech & industry5 Jun

    Political pugilism gave way to a rare outbreak of unity at Westminster recently. An event, in the palatial quarters of Speaker John Bercow, officially celebrated the birth of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology (APPG AT). APPGs bring cross-party members together to pursue a particular interest. While they have no official status in Parliament, [...]