Children with special needs around the world are being helped by a Bradford firm which has designed a range of products to assist them.

Bradford company Assistive Education & Therapy Technologies is based at Carlisle Business Centre and has drawn up plans to sell more of its equipment at home and abroad.

The company has designed a range of 40 new products including a series of switches which help children with severe physical and learning difficulties turn on and operate equipment used in the education, therapy and rehabilitation sector.

The company has grown since it was formed last September and has found new customers by conducting seminars, setting up a website and attending exhibitions.

The company is also working with Bradford hi-tech firm Chase Advanced Technologies on a new workstation which will make computers more accessible for children and adults with disabilities.

The firm is headed by managing director Michael Treece, 49, who today praised the efforts of Business Link Bradford & District for helping him to market the firm's goods abroad.

He said the firm had received 18 inquiries from foreign firms after help from Francoise Joyce, the export development adviser at Bradford's Business Link who helped with translation services.

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