retirement!

This is advance notice that at the end of December 2024 I shall be retiring and therefore winding up AccessAbility Solutions.

I am 72 yrs old and due to a medical incident earlier this year which has led to a pacemaker fitted my body is telling me to slow down. In fact, I have always said that if my body is telling me this I should retire so that is my cue!

I have worked in the Special Needs and Assistive Technology area for 40 years and it’s been a privilege and honour to be at the forefront of so many assistive technology initiatives and projects such as “The Power of Assistive Technology” films series and the “Teachers for AT” Campaign.” You can still download the films and join the “Teachers for AT.”

I am stepping down from the British Assistive Technology Association Council, of which I have been a member since 2013. I am also ceasing my subcontracting for Neurobox. I may do the occasional conference or inset.

I am keeping going with AbilityNet as a County Co-Ordinator as I feel that is where my skills are really needed with an appropriate age group of seniors and disabled people.

It’s been a blast! Certainly the last 12 years of doing AccessAbility Solutions. Thank you for visiting here! I will keep this website going and post things that inspire and inform people so keep watching here.

Myles Pilling, 28.11.24

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Dear Myles,

So sorry to learn that you will be stepping down from AccessAbility Solutions and retiring. Your great service & information has been more than excellent all these many years.

Bless you in your retirement and rest to take care of yourself. You are in our thoughts & prayers here.

Happy Reading—and Relaxing in Retirement!

Joan M. Brennan

Brennan Innovators, LLC

Tools for ALL Readers

http://www.FocusandRead.com

314-892-3897 (office)

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AccessAbility Smyles says:

November 28, 2024 at 2:30 pm

Thanks Joan. You have always been a stalwaret supporter of my work here at AccessAbility Solutions. I apporeciate your supportive comments.

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“1’d like to give a shout out to Myles Pilling, BA,M.Ed. and encourage anyone who needs training and support around assistive tech to reach out to him directly. was lucky enough to have several hours of training with Myles thanks to my Access to Work grant. Myles’ training though? Well, it was closer to coaching than training. He didn’t assume. He asked me to show him what I did so he could offer refinements and tweaks.

But the most important thing Myles did was question why I was doing what I was doing; what was the benefit, why was it needed, and if it was what was the most effective way of doing it? No more ‘stick a tech plaster on a Luddite broken leg’ – instead Myles helped me work most effectively with my tech, by helping me figure out when and how I needed it. The absolute best bit? Thanks to working with Myles, I never ever need to do filing again.

Seriously. Never.

Myles helped me set up a system that I would likely never have discovered without him, that allows my work to be recorded and autosaved without a single follow up step.” Leah , Consultant , Search for Serenity

“Accessibility Smyles continues to serve up timely information about the latest and best technology for individuals with unique needs. Always pleased to receive these helpful resources with related links. I share them with parents, educators and others who serve the many with reading and learning challenges. (Thank you, Myles!)” – Jean

“I’ve known Myles for many years, he’s my go-to expert for all this Accessibility, so much so that he’s our resident expert at Anderton Tiger Radio. Whenever we feature this topic he’s always there with excellent advice and guidance, in fact you can listen to him again here from our January radio show https://www.buzzsprout.com/695014/2586430-myles-pilling-talks-about-technologies-for-send-that-have-caught-his-eye-at-bett-2020 Highly recommended, Myles is most definitely one of the top 5 experts in his field in the UK” – Russell Prue, Anderson Tiger

“After one of your recent training sessions, I visited your Techsavvy session and discovered the virtual tour guides. A a result my husband and I enjoyed a splendid trip to Edinburgh. A city I have avoided for a number of years due to its challenges for a wheelchair user due to its very steep streets and cobbles. I think the sessions you have posted are really good and I hoped you would be happy if I suggested these to clients, I am assisting in my volunteering journey. I am also liaising with a local charity who are trying to encourage their older members and I think they too could benefit from your regular hints and tips so would like to suggest they pass on the Techsavvy links. You really are an inspiration.” –

Heather Sneddon

South West Scotland Coordinator , AbilityNet