Partner publications

Doing IT Differently

Sponsored by AbilityNet, Department for Business, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Information Technologists Company and Microlink PC (UK). This practical guide provides information and assistance to allow everyone, regardless of their age and disability, the opportunity to take advantage of Information Technology, so is totally inclusive. Readers of this 30-page guide will find it easier to:

• Overcome barriers to using IT and live an independent life, inexpensively.
• Understand a host of jargon on how to choose and use personal computers, desktops, laptops, mobile phones, smartphones and TVs.
• Improve job prospects, access training and education, shop, bank, save money, communicate with friends, have fun and be more independent.

Doing money differently

Sponsored by Abbey Santander, and also funded by A4e, Lloyds TSB and Unum. This practical guide provides a toolkit for people with ill-health, injury ordisability on how to deal with money challenges. Readers of this 34-page guide will find it easier to:

• Manage debt and spending, getting into credit, saving and investing.
• Take the first important first step in getting people back on the right financial track.
• Beat the credit crunch and become effective managers of personal finances.
• Learn from the experiences of others who have trodden the same road before.

Doing work differently

Sponsored by A4e, DWP, Directgov, Lloyds TSB, Shaw Trust, TUC, European Union Social Fund and Unum. This practical guide provides a toolkit for people with ill-health, injury ordisability on how to manage work challenges. Readers of this 32-page guide will find it easier to:

• Get off benefits and back into work.
• Get and keep a job as circumstances change.
• As a line manager or colleague help people with ill-health, injuries or disabilities to get and keep a job whilst managing ill health, injury or disability.
• Understand how small, reasonable adjustments can add up to a better, more productive working environment for everyone.

This relates to older people, people with physical or mental health problems, blind or deaf people, wheelchair users and people who have had accidents or illnesses that in the past might have forced them to retire are all to be found in today's workforce. Doing Work Differently has been written by people with these experiences to help others in a similar position to effectively manage the challenges.

We encourage every EFD member to ensure that copies of Radar's series of publications are readily available for any colleague who becomes disabled or finds themself managing a long term health condition.

Please contact us for further information about these titles and how an order can be placed.

OneVoice coalition 'Accessible Information and Communication Technologies - Benefits to Business and Society'

This report from the OneVoice coalition says why we should invest in accessible technologies. Real experiences from industry, government and academia make the benefits to business and society of accessible ICT absolutely clear and show where even small investments can give the best results.

Download a copy of the report via this link to the OneVoice coalition