Widgit primarily caters to individuals with communication difficulties of all ages, including autistic people, people with learning disabilities, and those with speech impairments. Their solutions are designed to support educators, therapists, and caregivers by enhancing inclusive learning environments while promoting meaningful interactions.
Widgit Symbols are simply drawn, colourful symbols designed to illustrate a single concept clearly and concisely. Already used by many SEND departments and schools, the entire symbol database of over 12,000 images is now available to all LGfL schools to search and download.
Widgit is a pioneering software company with a passion for symbol-based communication. They empower individuals to express themselves independently through symbols, aiding comprehension and understanding across any environment.
Widgit Online and InPrint software give users access to our entire symbol language, designed to meet the unique needs of symbol users across many settings. From flashcards to vocabulary lists to fully symbolised books, it is easy to personalise a wide range of materials, helping to facilitate communication in everyday life.
Widgit Resources supports inclusion and gives readers of all literacy levels greater access to information.
The simply-drawn, colourful symbols each illustrate a single concept clearly and concisely. They cover various topics (including many curricular areas), wide enough to make them suitable for users of all ages and abilities.
Widgit Symbols can be used in any environment, including classrooms, healthcare settings, or at home, to create a variety of symbol materials and visual supports.
With the Widgit symbol, support can aid communication, understanding, learning, and independence and help learners realise their full potential.
The Widgit worksheets are highly visual, varied, and differentiated and include Widgit symbols to help you make the curriculum accessible for all learners. They are available to support a range of curriculum subjects, such as History, Literacy, Science, and Geography. They also cover many areas beyond the curriculum that learners with SEND can find challenging, such as Keeping Safe, Communication, Sequencing, Behaviour, and Time (Calendars).
Successful schools enhanced teaching and learning by embedding the use of symbols
See case studies of inclusive practice here