At Aim Forward, we are passionate about neurodiversity and mental health, and know there are so many tools and strategies that can help individuals thrive. We want to highlight these resources and detail the benefits they can have for your work and education. Here, we are launching our first of many blogs that focus on assistive technology, disability software and AI that can remove barriers that many neurodivergent people face. This week, we’re looking at Grammarly.
Grammarly is an AI writing assistant designed to improve spelling, punctuation and grammar, and provides suggestions for corrections. It’s incredibly helpful for composing emails, writing essays or reports, or any other form of communication you are engaged in. It is widely used as disability software to make life easier for neurodivergent people and those with, mental or physical health conditions and physical disabilities.
Key features of Grammarly:
- Suggests and explains corrections, including alternative words or rephrasing of sentences and synonyms for overused words
- Includes autocorrect options
- Includes text-to-speech function
- Allows you to select settings that are specific to what you are writing (e.g. an informal blog or formal written work)
- The premium version includes more detailed feedback on mistakes and corrections, as well as a plagiarism checker.
The benefits of using Grammarly:
- Can help speed up the composition
- Can help improve spelling, punctuation and grammar
- Can improve confidence in written tasks
- Can support the proofreading process
- Can improve productivity
If you find spelling and grammar difficult Grammar checkers and AI tools can help you be more confident in your written work, and help you to develop your spelling, punctuation and grammar skills.
You may already be familiar with the free built-in writing assistants that support you with your spelling punctuation and grammar on your laptop or phone. Grammarly is similar to this but includes more extensive and sophisticated features, and as a result , it is paid for via a monthly subscription.
If you are interested in this software, you can get a free version from their website and/or a 1-week free trial of the premium version
Support to explore software and AI tools
At Aim Forward, we have seen so many people thrive when they incorporate assistive technology, software that can act as disability software and AI tools into their work, study and everyday life. The choices and options out there can seem overwhelming, which is where our needs assessments can support you in narrowing down what is available to what can work for you. In a needs assessment, we help you to explore what barriers you might be facing as a result of your neurodivergence, and mental or physical health condition, and then make suggestions based on years of experience.
Speak to us if you are interested in learning more, or just want help with where to start.