Disabled people and ICT: Who We Are

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Disabled people and ICT: Who We Are

luke crossey from RNID

The Alliance for Digital Inclusion (ADI, link opens in a new window) is a collaboration of businesses, working together to promote digital inclusion. Current members are AOL UK, BT, Cisco Systems UK, IBM UK, Intel UK & Ireland, Microsoft UK and T-Mobile.

RNID (link opens in a new window) is the largest charity representing the 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK. As a membership charity, we aim to achieve a radically better quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing people. We do this by campaigning and lobbying vigorously, by raising awareness of deafness and hearing loss, by providing services and through social, medical and technical research.

The Disabled Living Foundation (DLF, link opens in a new window) is a national charity that provides free, impartial advice and information about all types of equipment for daily living for older and disabled people. We do this via our Helpline service (open Mon-Fri 10 am - 4 pm), our Equipment Demonstration Centre, our free factsheets and our self-assessment tool, SARA. Every year we respond to up to 30,000 requests for information, helping people achieve greater mobility and independence and enabling them to confront barriers excluding them from living a full and productive life at home, at work and in their leisure time. Our information cascades out to hundreds of thousands of people through our website, through our work with healthcare professionals and voluntary sector partners.

Scientific Generics (link opens in a new window) is a leading international product development, technology licensing, and strategic management consulting company, which houses and utilises world-class skill and expertise. Scientific Generics is part of The Generics Group, and has facilities and state-of-the-art laboratories located in Europe in Cambridge, Frankfurt, and Stockholm; in Boston and Baltimore in the USA and in Hong Kong. The Generics Group has over 200 employees, of which more than half are high-calibre technology professionals.