Starting shortly: an event on disabled #students and #employment. Follow this thread for live updates!

Tim Fallowfield from @Sainsburys talking about how the business community is getting more disabled graduates into work and reducing the #disability #employment gap through initiatives like the #DisabilityConfident Leaders Scheme.

Debbie Bradford from the DWP speaks about the adjustments passport pilot for disabled students transitioning into employment. @ManMet, King's College London and University of Wolverhampton are part of the pilot. This adjustments pilot is a key recommendation in the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Tech’s #TalentAndTech report.

Ian Milton from the DWP speaks about the #AccessToWork Plus offer, which aims to go above the existing Access to Work offer, aiming to open up more employment opportunities for disabled people. This will be rolled out in May.

Great to have Amy Norton from The Office for Students (OfS) talking about how to tackle the outcomes gap between disabled and non-disabled students. This links to key recommendations in the #HigherEduction Commission’s #ArrivingAtThriving report. Read more here: policyconnect.org.uk/research/talen…

Claire Zilkha from Manchester Metropolitan Uni speaks about the disability adjustments passport pilot and disabled students’ experience of it. This was a key recommendation in the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Tech’s #TalentAndTech report. Read more here: policyconnect.org.uk/news/pilot-sch…

Angela Matthews from Business Disability Forum speaks about the experiences of employers in recruiting and supporting disabled staff, best practice in supporting them and #technology. Supporting employees and employers to use tech is a key recommendation in All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Tech’s #TalentAndTech.

📖OUT NOW How can #SmartHome #Technology help older and disabled people live more independently in their homes? Thanks to: Sir Paul Carter Clive Gilbert Liz Twist MP Sally Dibb Lee-Ann Fenge Aneta Armova-Levin Dr Hannah R. Marston Dr C Farquharson CBE Dr Kush Kanodia & many others policyconnect.org.uk/research/smart…

📢How can government support independent living & improve the quality of life of disabled & older adults, while also reducing financial pressures on the NHS & social care system? #SmartHome #Technology Find out in this Policy Connect All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Tech report➡️housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/Sm…

Matt Nimmons and I look forward to joining Clive Gilbert and the Policy Connect team for the launch of this fantastic report today! Thank you to everyone involved and particularly Peter Aylett Paul Doyle and TruMedia for your contributions and valuable input!

✏️Our Committee is still accepting written evidence! If you have knowledge or experience of the #SocialCare system that you would like to share with us, please get in touch. Read more here: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evide… & Please RT! #HLAdultSocialCare #care #UnpaidCare

We're launching #SmarterHomes in the House of Lords now. Liz Twist MP is making introductory remarks as a member of the steering group. Read the report on our website: policyconnect.org.uk/research/smart… Live updates on this thread or join the event online - DM us for details.

"#SmartHome tech offers disabled and older people a wide range of opportunities to take control of their lives." Now Clive Gilbert, report author, is talking us through the findings and recommendations of the report. Read it here: policyconnect.org.uk/research/smart… #AssistiveTech

We now enter a panel discussion and Q&A with Vic Rayner 💚 National Care Forum Jo Chandler Department of Health and Social Care Lee-Ann Fenge Bournemouth Uni & Graham Fisher @theDTgroup. Thank you to everyone joining in person and online! #SmarterHomes #IndependentLiving

Smarter Homes for Independent Living report from All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Tech helped drive recommendations in the new DFG guidance. Download your copy of the policy recommendations here policyconnect.org.uk/research/smart…

Ok so I had no idea this tweet would blow up so much over night, but there are things that seriously need to be addressed! 1/ 🧵

How can #Technology help older people live more independently? "We must design tech together with older and disabled people so that we can make sure it is easy for them to use." #YourLaterLife Read Clive Gilbert's latest piece: yourlaterlife.co.uk/lifestyle/how-…

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I love being part of the #DisabilityPower100 team helping to drive forward our disability advocacy goals. I'm starting a chain tag challenge to #tag three of your communities and networks to recognise ppl, orgs and campaigns who #settheagenda and #demandchange.