Kelly Hannaghan

The conversation emphasises UDL as an inclusive framework for removing barriers to learning, not a prescriptive teaching method.

Key principles are providing multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression. Recent revisions (v3.0) underscore agency (student ownership/co-design) and equity (recognising cultural identity) by shifting from "providing" to a focus on co-creation and moving beyond the concept of "expert learners."

Implementing UDL, supported by technology, leads to better outcomes by fostering a learner-centric approach and dignity.

We meet the remarkable Khamani Edwards, the 18-year-old award-winning entrepreneur who lives with a physical disability called Dystonia that affects his mobility. He is the CEO of KJ’s Craft Time and refuses to let his disability define him and his aspirations in life.

Julia Clouter from Scanning Pens shares her career-long experience of how technology can support inclusive approaches to supporting Literacy and the wider curriculum.

Inclusion from far and wide with Text help's Paddy McGrath covers a wide range of inclusive experiences. Ranging from the recently published PedTech Impact report, which Text Help and LGfL supported, to using AR to reveal unexpected outcomes with learners to exploring inclusions in the broadest sense in Belfast schools. It's a fascinating discussion that gives hope for a positive, inclusive future in education.

We join Jo Dilworth, Co - CEO of the Appeer Network and discuss innovative approaches to supporting autistic girls and women. We explore how to manage differences and support all learners consistently featuring examples of good practice with advice for parents as well as educational practitioners.

In this episode of 'The Included Conversation', we meet with Alice Lacey of 'Now Press Play' and explore the role of audio in education. Featuring examples from the LGfL Space Adventures resource, we discuss the role of audio to enhance, immerse and even possibly scare learners. Managed audio through the latest technology is explored ending with advice for teachers on how to incorporate the full potential of audio in everyday teaching and learning.

• In this edition, we meet up with long-term LGfL partners' Listening Books and explore the role of audiobooks and their place in an inclusive approach for all learners.