3. Equipment & Technical Aids

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Many have heard the phrase “I'm not disabled in my own home” whilst that can be true it isn't when home is an un-adapted house, steps, stairs, high cookers and utensils, baths with no support, no rails, no phone that communicates in a way you can use. Homes become prisons, hard and isolating. Even as computer communication email, internet and instant messaging become commonplace for people specialist equipment remains either in development or expensive. The main screen reader program for people with a visual impairment can cost over £600. Specialist equipment to make the everyday possible everyday is often hard to obtain or out of the budget for many people.