by Genevieve McLachlan | Oct 29, 2019 | Anxiety, Articles, Mental Health, Services, Support
Xero is offering something truly amazing to it’s more than 8,500 Small Business clients. The equivalent of an Employee Assistance Program, Xero Assistance Program. This is being offered as a free 12 month trial for Xero customers, their employees & families....
by Genevieve McLachlan | Oct 8, 2019 | Access Citizen, Epilepsy, Events, Exhibition, Health Services, Seniors, Services, Technology
Today I was at the Seniors Expo with both my Adaptive Technology Solutions business & my Essential Oils. Sharing the stand with me was Krystle Crimmins from Epilepsy First Aid. This was an excellent opportunity for seniors to come along & find out what’s...
by Genevieve McLachlan | Aug 9, 2019 | Access Citizen, Accessibility, Accessible Web Design, Articles, Seniors, Services, Technology
This is a great article looking at 12 principles of accessible design for the elderly. Accessibility is a well-known topic that all designers are familiar with. Moreover, I believe we all try to obey the rules, designing our websites, apps, and services to be...
by Genevieve McLachlan | Jun 19, 2019 | Access Citizen, Accessibility, Assistive technology, Be. Lab, Networking, People with Disabilities, Services, Social Change, Technology
As part of running a business, I’m involved in a number of networking groups and often need to tell people very quickly what I do, this is called an Elevator Pitch, the idea being that you should be able to tell someone in a lift traveling between floors in a...
by Genevieve McLachlan | Apr 5, 2019 | Access Citizen, Accessibility, Articles, Blindness, People with Disabilities, Services, Technology, Visual Impairment
Be My Eyes, an app that connects people who are blind or low vision with sighted volunteers has teamed up with Google. A specialized help platform has been set up for questions on assistive tech and accessibility features within Google products. Read...
by Genevieve McLachlan | Aug 29, 2018 | Access Citizen, Accessibility, Assistive technology, Employment, Services, Speech Recognition software, Technology, Testimonial, Training
I received this lovely testimonial from a client I’ve been working with, using Dragon Speech Recognition software. “Genevieve at Adaptive Technology Solutions made the work we did together easy – at a time when I was feeling confronted, exhausted,...
