The Stories at the Dentist project looked at the difficulties of people with a variety of disabilities when visiting their dentist. Especially if you have no speech a checkup appointment can become a daunting experience. Dr Rachel Menzies, one of the researchers of the team, has written a guest blog on our dentist project on the well know PrAACtical AAC website.
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Workshop: Using iPads with people who have difficulty communicating
This free hands on workshop is run by the Tayside Right to Speak Project and SCTCI (Scottish Centre for Technology for the Communication Impaired) who specialise in providing people who have communication impairments with the support they need.
Date: March 4th
Time: 1.30 -4.00pm
Registration now open, limited spaces, please download the flyer for more information on the Workshop.
Voice@Work, a Guide for employers for the inclusion of people without speech
Seminar: Voice@Work with Jan-Oliver Wülfing und Prof Gregor Renner
This seminar will address employment issues faced by people who use AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication).
Jan will present his project Voice@Work which had the aim to develop a guide for employers for the inclusion of people with complex communication needs (CCN) in an ergonomically designed regular workplace.
Download the flyer with more information on the seminar and the speakers (PDF).
The Seminar takes place at the Dundee AAC Group in two weeks time for our weekly seminars:
Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 12pm
Wolfson Theatre
Queen Mother Building (download PDF map, building 26)
School of Computing, Univeristy of Dundee
All welcome!
You can download the guide for employers on inclusion of people with complex communication needs (CCN) in an ergonomically designed regular workplace from Jan’s academia website: Inklusion in den 1. Arbeitsmarkt – es geht! Leitfaden zur gesundheitsgerechten Gestaltung von Arbeit für unterstützt kommunizierende Personen (sorry, only in German).
China Scholarship Council PhD Scholarships
(DAAC Research) The College of Art, Science and Engineering (CASE) at the University of Dundee offers up to 10 PhD studentships in partnership with the China Scholarship Council (CSC), waiving all tuition fees for successful applicants. A list of available CSCS projects at CASE is available on their website. We are excited to be able to offer three projects within the research field of AAC:
- Human-Computer Interaction Project: User Interface Design Challenges in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (Prof Annalu Waller)
- Human-Computer Interaction Project: Natural Language Processing and Personal Narrative (Prof Annalu Waller)
- Human-Computer Interaction Project: Eyegaze Interfaces for Communication (Prof Annalu Waller)
You can find more information on the all CSC Scholarships on the University website. Deadlines for applications: 15th January 2015
Aphasia iPad Group in the Courier
Interesting article about Eddie, a member of our Aphasia iPad Group at the School of Computing, in the Courier.
Take a look at the article facsimile or read the transcribed text here:
Assistive Technologist
Assistant Principal and Head of Technology at Scope’s Beaumont College, Rohan Slaughter, visited the School of Computing today to report and discuss a new role in education, the Assistive Technologist.
His presentation defined the Assistive Technologist (AT) role as it is used at Scope’s Beaumont College and at other Colleges around the Country with a view to discussing how we can train assistive technologists in future. In presenting and defining the role he drew on the practical experiences of developing and implementing the role at Beaumont College and at other Colleges. Beaumont College has worked in partnership with two other independent specialist colleges to deliver the Jisc funded Dart project.
