ADHD Awareness Month: Why it’s important to understand, accept and celebrate those with ADHD
Why we're celebrating ADHD awareness month, and what tools we recommend for channelling creativity to create and finish brilliant projects!
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- Sep 28
Enhancing Writing Efficiency: How Lightkey Supports Individuals with Dyslexia
Contributor: James Wright. Current member of the British Dyslexia Association Technology Advisory Committee and Product Specialist for...
- Mar 28
Which ‘pen’ style device should DSA Assessors be recommending to students?
Within the Assistive Technology sector, there is a wealth of available technologies available that can help students that struggle with...
- Mar 22
Why using a solution for researching sources at university reduces stress and boosts productivity.
Writing coursework for university often requires the student to research multiple sources of information in order to help them to produce...
- Mar 22
Aventido showcases FindMyFlow to AT practitioners at the Neurodiversity Conference 2023.
On the 14th March 2023, Aventido took part in the Neurodiversity Conference hosted by iDiversity Consulting. The delegates were a mix of...
- Mar 8
Why it is important to be supporting Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2023.
This week is Neurodiversity Celebration Week. This international initiative seeks to help the world to understand, value, and celebrate...
- Feb 23
It’s National Essay Day but what can you do if you don’t like writing them?
This article is for anyone who is studying and needs to produce essays for their course, but has real difficulty with the following...
- Feb 15
What we learnt at ATIA 2023 about studying with ADHD
On the 31st January 2023, the world’s leading assistive technology conference took place in Orlando, Florida. ATIA 2023 brought together...
- Feb 9
Does having poor literacy skills affect the mental health of children in school?
Literacy is a prized skill in our society. It underpins educational experience and outcomes and provides access to information across...
- Feb 1
Writing with a physical disability: Does Lightkey level the playing field?
When one thinks about the accurate use of spelling and grammar when writing assignments at university, it is easy to take for granted the...
- Feb 1
Pro-Study gains recognition for the impact it is making in Higher Education
The team at Aventido was thrilled to hear about the nomination of Pro-Study, the innovative software that takes the stress out of...
- Jan 24
Should DSA Assessors be recommending the Orcam Learn DSA to university students with neurodiversity?
Here in the UK, neurodiverse undergraduates are eligible for support that will help them to get the most out of their higher education...
- Jan 24
Could this piece of assistive technology accelerate Welsh literacy learning in Wales?
The use of the Welsh language is growing in Wales, but with a high proportion of the population natively speaking English, could the only...
- Jan 17
Six great tips for revising at University.
In this article, we are going to share some great tips for exam revision courtesy of Birmingham City University and their excellent...
- Jan 9
Mind mapping and text-to-speech is a dream team solution for neurodiverse students
Neurodiverse students each have a different experience of being neurodiverse. Each student will have different needs but if their...
- Dec 30, 2022
How can I get printed text read out loud?
For many years now the ability to read screen-based text has been available for students and employees within whatever context that they...
- Dec 8, 2022
A student’s experience of using assistive technology to support learning with ADHD.
Isaac is a third-year‘ economics and politics’ undergraduate at Oxford University. Diagnosed with ADHD by a GP when he first attended...
- Nov 29, 2022
Young people in education in Wales now have a unique opportunity to unlock their learning potential.
The Welsh Government has set out an ambitious aim that 1 million people in Wales will be speaking Welsh by 2050. With Welsh Medium...
- Nov 29, 2022
Chromebooks and Assistive Technology
As a DSA needs assessor along with my experience of having been a DSA Assessment Centre manager, the team at Aventido have asked me to...
- Nov 16, 2022
Word prediction and disability: Some useful pointers about Lightkey.
Here at Aventido, we thought we would share some pointers about ‘Word Prediction’ technology and how it can help a user who experiences...
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