Join us for our next event in the Royal Irish Academy with Deirdre Madden, Assistive Technology Outreach Co-ordinator, Disability Support Service, at University College Cork.

This is a free event, which will take place at 6.30pm on June 17 in the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street.

Deirdre has worked in the disability and education field for over 20 years. Her role in Access UCC is to enhance access and transition to higher level education for students with disabilities through promoting awareness and use of assistive technology in second level education. She is also a partner on the SOAR PATH Enabling Transitions Project.

We hope that as many of you as possible can join us for what promises to be a truely informative and influential talk by Deirdre Madden, followed by light refreshments.

ABSTRACT
Inclusive/assistive technologies can make the impossible, possible for some people. For others, these technologies simply enhance our functional capabilities.
We will explore free/built in technologies to make reading, writing and studying easier. In keeping with principles of Universal Design for Learning, if we embrace these technologies as options for all we will actively include those users who cannot engage with our services without them.