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If you are having difficulty reading this then listen instead.................... Salfordonline.com is pleased to announce a FREE downloadable software programme enabling you to listen to the content of your computer screen, rather than have to read it. Just highlight the screen text, click a button then sit back and listen as the words are converted into speech. Ideal for those suffering: • Visual impairment • Dyslexia • Eye strain • Poor reading skills Also helps those for whom english is not a first language. Just click on the Text To Speech icon at ... ( Click for More Information ) Salford seeks hearing impaired for TV... by Mark Bright As part of some collaborative work with Dolby labs in America, the University of Salford is trying to improve th... Barbara Keeley pledges support for the... Barbara Keeley, Worsley MP and Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Worsley and Eccles South has signed a pledge to show her commitm... Singing with Dementia - Eccles by the FORGET ME NOT GROUP As an extension of the work they do in the Alzheimers Resource Centre in Eccles, the Forget Me Not Gr... BBC Ouch! Disability Newsletter - 5... A deaf world online article and our truly multicultural talk show has put us in an international mood. This newsletter has somethi... ParalympicsGB and Adecco Launch Initiative to... Adecco Group UK & Ireland announced that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete Career Programme (ACP) would be exte... Small changes make "big difference" to... Small changes in the workplace can make all the difference to disabled employees, says leading assistive technology specialist ian... New £400,000 therapy rooms programme to... Three-year partnership will enhance the communications skills of disabled children One of Britain’s leading sports charities, The ... RSPH Accredits New Mental Health Training The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has accredited a new training programme developed to improve the care given to individu... BBC Ouch! disability newsletter - 25... We’re not marching towards March here on Ouch! We’re doing a full-on dance. Much Dancing On Wheels stuff later on, meanwhile we'll... Inconsistent mental health provision 'disadvantaging young... Young people in care are not receiving consistent access to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), with provision va... Joan Bakewell attacks 'shameful' political row... The Government's ageism tsar accused the Tories today of "telling lies" over plans for elderly care - but blamed Gordon Brown for ... BBC Ouch! disability newsletter - 11... This week the Ouch! Team is mostly excited about Velcro-free hospital gowns and the arrival of talk show #48. You? ** Scroll do... Government Announces New Care First Careers... Care First Careers offers a subsidy of £1000 plus free pre-employment training to every adult social care employer who takes on an... BBC Ouch! disability newsletter - 4... Here at Ouch! Towers, we were very sceptical when we read about the possible link between daily internet use and mood. We all spen... BBC Ouch! disability newsletter - 21... 2010 is getting off to a jolly good start at Ouch! Towers. The media is positively throbbing with disability stories this week,... Trials offer new hope against MS Novartis announced on January 20 that results of the TRANSFORMS and FREEDOMS studies, the two pivotal Phase III clinical trials wi... Apology for thalidomide survivors The government has apologised to the victims of the thalidomide scandal following the agreement of a £20m support package. Health ... BBC Ouch! disability news letter -... Snowed in? Terrified of icy pavements? Fear not, the Ouch! Newsletter’s here to take your mind off tinned food and long-life milk. 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Home Care Bill backed by Worsley... by Mark Bright Worsley MP Barbara Keeley has welcomed the publication this week of the Government’s Personal Care At Home Bill. ... Personal Care at Home Bill: Full... Plans to extend care for the elderly are at the heart of the Government's final legislative programme before the general election.... Visa "Go World" Marketing Campaign Visa Inc. unveiled its global Olympic marketing campaign – Go World. The campaign celebrates athleticism and human triumph through... BBC Ouch! disability newsletter - 19... A recent BBC survey found that less than half of people with a disability regard themselves as disabled. Really useful to know, th... Tesco Charity Fund for Adults and... From: Natalie Craig Senior Sports Development Officer Worsley & Boothstown / Equality Salford Community Leisure Ltd New Brid... Cerebral palsy 'can be prevented' Action to prevent cerebral palsy is long overdue, crossbench peer Lord Hameed told the House of Lords yesterday. 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Just one in six applicants for a new sickness-related benefit were deemed too ill to work, according to government figures. They s... Paralympic Stars of the Future Come... UK's Disability Sporting Talent Showcased Over Five Day Event Held at the Birthplace of the Paralympics 250 young disabi... BBC Ouch! disability newsletter - 24... We're feeling full of youthful optimism at Ouch! Towers and we're not going to let the likes of Disability B1tch rain on our parad... Winning the battle for hearts and... The British Heart Foundation (BHF), the Stroke Association and Marie Curie Cancer Care are co-hosting fringe events at the main co... BBC Ouch! disability newsletter Ouch! towers is buzzing with life right now. Not only have we been joined by two young work experience people, but we're really e... Salford developing motorised frame to help... by Mark Bright The University of Salford has received over £300,000 to help develop a motorised frame which allows people affected... Support for carers 'too complex' Britain's six million unpaid carers who look after relatives or dependents are missing out on crucial benefits because of overly c... BBC Ouch! disability newsletter It's the perfect disability newsletter for a bad weather bank holiday. You won't have to leave the house, print out a voucher or ... Mental health employment boost Thousands of people with mental health problems are to be given extra support managing their condition so they can remain in the w... Incapacity claimants 'should exercise more' Individuals on incapacity benefit should do more exercise to help them get back into work, the health secretary has said. Andy Bur... Special Olympics Mourns the Loss of... Eunice Kennedy Shriver died early this morning at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts, surrounded by her family. She was 8... Ouch! It's a disability thing We know people like to run away from disability and pretend they haven't got one when they have. It's understandable. 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