Welcome to AACT & AACT4Children

AACT stands for Access-Ability Communications Technology.

Our mission is to enable Information Technology to be used to help children, young people and adults with communication disabilities and to promote the wider understanding of such disabilities.

Our vision is of a world where everyone including children can communicate freely with each other, regardless of disabilities.

AACT and AACT4Children are promoting & working towards developing an AACT4Children International programme

A Celebration of Professor Harold Silver's Life

His inspiration & innovation were responsible for helping Deafax to be established and subsequently Decibels, AACT, EASiTEC, Deaf Aspirations, Ability2Access, Specialkidz International & GOALS4LIFE.

Important appeal: Computers for Deaf Youngsters

We are determined to make sure that all deaf youngsters have the best possible access to Online Learning from home and at school. Please click through to read more about this important campaign appeal.

ICT to help overcome selective mutism

AACT suported Michael Jones of Talk4meaning in this project which aimed to help children with Selective Mutism.

AACT loans iPad to 4th School

We have just loaned an iPad to The Piggott School - a mixed comprehensive school which caters for a wide spectrum of ability/disability. This is the fourth school we've loaned iPads to, and it's the first time we've loaned an iPad to a mainstream school. The aim is to try it out particularly in a Library context to help access.

Virtual Learning Academy

The aim of this one year project, which ran 2009-2010, was to train a group of schoolchildren, with communications difficulties relating to hearing impairment, in ICT.

Charities Helping Deaf Children With Technology Challenge

Our six month study alongside Deaf Aspirations has been featured in the Henley Standard

New Project funded by Government & National Lottery

Coronavirus Community Support Fund (HM Government & The National Lottery Community Fund) agree to support AACT & Deaf Aspirations with a grant for six months with their project entitled “Mental Health Wellbeing for Deaf Young People through Digital Technologies”

Report: What are the latest global charity technology trends?

A positive picture for charities, which are making more and better use of social media to raise money and awareness.

Our Mission and How We're Making it a Reality

Read about our vision, our mission, and how we're working to make them a reality.

Two children using computer-aided video communication to help build confidence in communication

Communicating via Video

Ken, our Founder, and four young adult volunteers worked with two special schools to train pupils and their supporters in the use of computer-aided video communication to help them build confidence in communication.

AACT International

International Partnership Projects with AACT (Access-Ability Communications Technology) and The Aspire Foundation (Barbados)

METEC Coronavirus Appeal

We are determined to fight on and publicise the excellent work we are achieving with deaf and disabled children, young people and adults, both nationally and internationally.

The Future of Artificial Intelligence & Special Needs

Artificial Intelligence has incredible potential to revolutionise almost every aspect of our daily lives, ranging from simple decision making to curing diseases, from making predictions to helping to solve global warming. Perhaps most importantly for METEC, it also presents a huge opportunity to support those with disabilities or special needs.

AACT SEED Project

The aim of the AACT SEED Project was to document what ICT is recommended by major charities and related organisations, and to bring this information together all in one place so that it can be easily accessed by parents, carers and those suffering from communications disabilities.

iPads for Schools

An outcome from the Video for Communication project, iPads have been loaned to three special schools and another mainstream school with special educational needs pupils.

Don't forget - this is just the latest news. You can look through all of the information on our site using the links at the top right!

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communication disabilities