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Petition update, 04 March 2008

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Assistive Technology is a life line to some people with disabilities providing access to many things that most people consider a fundamental human right - communication, access to education and control of one's environment to name a few. Stephen Hawking is a clichéd example of an effective Assistive Technology user.

There is no consistent, or coherent provision of Assistive Technology in the UK and a number of services have recently suffered from Government support being withdrawn - e.g. the ACE Centres (supporting children with communication difficulties in education); BECTA's SEN IT Team (supporting access to the curriculum for students with special needs); CAP program (funding communication aids for children) and FAST (developing and innovating in the Assistive Technology field).

We the undersigned request that dedicated funding is provided across sectors to enable Assistive Technology to be provided where needed and support the existing teams.

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• Ruth Wilkinson
• Joanna watts
• Neville Stanley
• Suzanne Thompson
• Ann McGovern
• Steven Bannister
• Nicole Howitz
• MARY AUCKLAND
• Lois Evans
• Rob Coupe
• Karen Rowlandson
• Ben Walker
• Sally Inman
• Karen Dow
• Heather Jepson
• Hilary Hallatt
• Catherine Heather
• Mr J Shearer
• jane marston
• Caroline Riordan
• Judith Anderson
• Thomas Phillips
• christopher walsh
• Helen Coates
• Martin Bavin
• mary louise wells
• Sue Thurman
• Vicky Romilly
• Said Akbar
• Paul O'Connell
• Lorraine Bamblett
• Dr Jeffrey Morris
• Nelly Stanbury
• Mary Anderson
• Margaret Barker
• Lisa Ford
• Claire Lawton
• Adette Lee
• Lisa Salton
• Emma Rogers
• Jane Whitaker
• Heather Shorrock
• Nadir Rajpal
• Susan Pavey
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• Clare Gailans
• Heidi Lorenz
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• Dennsi Mlambo
• emma thorpe
• clare thetford
• Gill Jones
• MALCOLM SWINBURN
• Shona Tantam
• Alexander Mellon
• Margaret Forth
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• Kirstine Stewart
• Valerie Whitfield
• Michael Quinlan
• Gill Curwen
• Karen Ali
• Suzanne O'Brien
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• Irene Bryson
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• CHERYL MARLEY
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• Hazel Brewer
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• John Hurds
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• Michelle Thomson
• Eden carruthers
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• Mila Hill
• penny atack
• allyson partington
• Charlotte Harvey
• Keith W Pepperell
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• Councillor Bernard Walsh
• Patricia Pilbeam
• george bryson
• Tina Futcher-Smith
• Mary Melton
• karen Gaulton
• peter kendal
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• dale merry
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• Claire Larkin
• Mike Miller
• Cath Hulse
• christine frost
• Nick Smith
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• Carla Nicholson
• Helen Todd
• andy nathan
• angela filmer
• LAURA FILMER
• Mike Grocott
• Andrea Bennington
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• claire burke
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• Thomas Elliott
• JOHN BOSMAN
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• ERIC DAY
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• Marie Palmer
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• Collette Ferguson
• Helen Newman
• Hazel Gilmore
• Rachel Bell
• June Murphy
• Mark Booth
• Molly Brown
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• Susan Kidd
• Helen Parr
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• Iona Wood
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• Nicole Howitz
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• Pat Wynne
• Michelle Watson
• Gillian Mumford
• amy veitch
• Sue Lord
• Danielle Simpson
• Ann Strong
• Eryll Woollett
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• Anne Hardman
• Margaret Robinson
• Cath Ridley
• Helen Clarke
• aniqa rashid
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• Angela Fryer
• Ann Middleton
• James Stafford
• Cath Valentine
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• Sophie Sturdy
• Heather Collins
• Eleanor Greenland
• Alexandra Merry
• Geoff Harbach
• Rebecca Large
• heidi bridger
• Sam Hossain
• Paul Beam
• Chris Hiron
• Lucy Domoney
• Lorraine Williamson
• Linda Lake
• Karen Kay
• wendy law
• Kizzy Dobbie
• e harding
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• J Williams
• Sharifa Farley
• george bell
• Geoff Popple
• gemma chapple
• susan hayes
• Emma Pugh
• Tanya van Dalen
• Lucinda Burgess
• Juliette Burgess
• Lucinda Brown
• ruth green
• pru ballard
• Louise Stone
• Caroline Threlfall
• josephine blyth
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• Victoria Black
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• Paul Lalwan
• Kay Stratton
• Eric Williams
• elizabeth thorne
• Katrina Hutchins
• kate Escolme
• Sandra Smith
• Amanda Miller
• Diane Hughes
• michelle fermor
• Suzy Coughtrey
• Steven Woodward
• Charles Fox
• Clair Painter
• Emma Riley
• Lynn King
• Eddie Hankin
• Sue Preston
• Georgina O'Shea
• Tanya Hughes
• Peter Coe
• E Sanders
• Kim Roberta Burns
• Sarah Tonks
• Richard Bartlett
• Matthew Wood
• Amanda Crossfield
• carol crossfield
• Gaynor Bartlett
• Geraldine Wilkinson
• Angela Crockett
• david sansum
• michelle munro
• Gillian Smith
• Joseph McGuire
• Lee Barton
• Ash Amesbury
• Disability Help Scotland

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