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A charity support network for disabled people has marked its expansion into Scotland with the opening of anew centre by HRH the Princess Royal, writes John Kavanagh.

AbilityNet was formed in 1998 through the merger of The Computability Centre, set up by the BCS, IBM and Birmingham University to advise disabled people, employers and carers on IT, and the Foundation for Communication for the Disabled, which provides systems. The ECS is a trustee, with IBM and Microsoft among the big supporters.

AbilityNet has six centres in England, some hosted by employers, which together ...

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