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Help that is yours.

Anyone who needs help should be able to stay at the wheel. That is why we make digital tools that are gentle, simple and yours.

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Who is E-powerment for?

By E-powerment

Featured this week. A different selection every Monday. Everything together is under ‘See all tools’.

  • Seeing differently

    Thought glasses

    Is there a thought you cannot shake? Put on a different pair of glasses and look again. Eight pairs, from a magnifying glass to a river, each show the thought in a new way.

    On your ownWith your client

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  • Cards

    Strength cards

    Cards with things you can be good at. Pick the cards that fit you, or choose three for someone else. Add when you showed it.

    On your ownWith your client

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  • Conversation cards

    Talk Cards

    Pick a photo that fits what you want to say, and a question to talk about appears. For the start of a conversation, or when it falls silent.

    On your ownWith your client

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  • Day planner

    Energy meter

    Plan your day with the energy you have today. You count it in spoons: choose how many you have, list what you will do and see how much is left. Then print your day card.

    On your own

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  • Card maker

    Appointment card maker

    Make a clear card for your client's appointment, with pictures and large print. Print it and hand it over.

    With your client

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  • Day planner

    My day

    Plan your day with pictures. Choose what you do in the morning, afternoon and evening, and print your day.

    On your own

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  • Sensory profile

    Sensory mixer

    How much sound, light, crowding and touch can you take? Set up your own mixing desk, see in which situations it gets too much, and what helps.

    On your ownWith your client

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  • Conversation aid

    Feeling words

    Find words for how you feel. Choose a feeling, then the words that fit and how strong it is. On your own or with someone who helps you.

    On your ownWith your client

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  • Breathe

    A breathing exercise in four steps, for when you want to calm down for a moment.

  • Scaling question

    Use a number from 0 to 10 to show how things are now, and choose which number is good enough.

  • Five senses

    A calm exercise for when your head is full or you feel restless.

  • Three good things

    Look back at the end of the day.

  • Colour-blind view

    See roughly how someone with colour blindness sees your colours or an image, and check whether your text has enough contrast under WCAG.

  • My network

    Place the people around you in three circles: close, a bit further and further away.

  • What helps me

    Make a small card about what helps you when things are not going well.

  • Body map

    Where in your body do you feel it?

  • Visual timer

    A clock that shows how much time is left.

  • How did the conversation go?

    At the end of a conversation, say how it was for you.

  • What shall we talk about today?

    At the start of a conversation, choose today’s topics together.

  • Jargon hunt

    Catch the difficult words in a text and choose a plain word instead.

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We have made 35 more tools. Some you use on your own, others in a conversation, and a few help you make texts and websites accessible.

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What we promise

  • Drawing of four hands holding one sheet of paper together.

    For everyone

    Plain language, easy to read and to use, and it works on the phone you already have.

  • Drawing of a line that starts in a tangle and ends as a straight arrow hitting the target.

    Open

    You open it and you start: no account, no licence, and we store nothing about you.

  • Drawing of someone looking at a phone through a magnifying glass. Under the glass is a shield with a heart.

    Closer together

    Digital tools that bring people closer together, instead of putting a screen between them.

By others

And if someone else has already made it well, we take you there.

We also point to tools by other makers: 47 Dutch apps and websites. We are not paid for any listing.

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Something custom

Sometimes the tool your organisation needs does not exist yet. Then we design and build it together, with your team and with the clients who will use it.

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What are you looking for?

Knowledge

Guides, explainers and checklists about choosing a digital tool, introducing it and using it safely. We write them mainly for care professionals and organisations.

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Build something together?

Send us a message if you have an idea, are missing something or would like to try a tool with your team. Tell us in a few sentences what it is about. We read everything, and it commits you to nothing.

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