Specialist technology designed to help people with learning disabilities develop their work skills is coming to Kisharon Langdon following a £19k grant from the Karten Network.
The new technology will open up work opportunities for these individuals who find it difficult to secure paid work, and are at risk of loneliness and isolation. They may also suffer economically.
Funding from the Karten Network, which provides the latest in adaptive computer technology, will replace outdated IT equipment and bring in new software.
Second-hand book business New Chapters is one Kisharon Langdon social enterprise to benefit from the grant. Commercial Enterprise Manager Courtney Wright said: “New IT will speed up our operation and stop our systems from crashing. This will end a lot of frustration. Using the new text-to-speech technology will let New Chapters staff who cannot write send emails to customers for the first time.”
Two new internet-enabled iPads for the Bike Shop, which is run by people with learning disabilities, will let them take payments and check prices at cycling events, while switches, which allow those who cannot use touch screens, mouse buttons or keyboards to access a computer, are going to the enterprise team – a group of people with learning disabilities who pack confectionery to be sold at our gift and homeware store, Equal, or as favours at events.
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