Robert Eardley Email and Phone Number

I worked as an assistive technology consultant focusing on helping people with visual and hearing impairments succeed at home and in school. I currently work for Staffordshire County Council as and ICT Technician specializing in special education needs. I work across all schools in the Staffordshire area. My main job responsibilities are• Training Staff and Pupils on how to use Assistive Technology • Assessing pupils with a visual impairment and recommending assistive technology to help them in education and at home.• Resolving and problems with the equipment that we provide• Managing stock and reorders.My areas of expertise include:• Assistive Technology evaluations, reports, training and workshops• Video magnifiers for near and distance viewing• Screen readers and magnification software• Braille and Braille devices• Accessibility (508, W3C, WCAG)• iOS accessibility features and apps• OCR (optical character recognition) and text to speech (TTS) software• Testing websites to ensure they are accessible to people with visual impairments.• Modifying worksheets and resources to meet the individual needs of pupils • Diagnosing faults and repairing Phonak radio aid equipment • Basic Sign Language Skills• Grade 1 UEB braille (Certified by UEB Online

Freelance developer, using my skills in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to design and develop high quality websites and mobile phone applications for my clients.