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Global Disability Innovation Hub accelerates ideas into impact for a more just world - for disabled people, and all people.

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Events

New York Climate Week [online event]: From Playbook to Practice - Mainstreaming Inclusive Climate Infrastructure Design

The session will explore what it takes to move from principles to practice in designing and delivering infrastructure that is both disability-inclusive and climate-resilient.

Join us on 22nd Sept

Include

Deep community leadership and engagement with OPD’s, AT users and networks.

Inquire

New evidence and insights through academic research, data and foundational methodologies.

Incubate

Develop and test new solutions through GDI Accelerate, our innovation arm.

Invest

Bringing effective solutions to market through public/private finance.

Integrate

Strengthen systems to make inclusion a reality, from national policy landscapes to country pilots.

Impart

Educating and learning to disseminate and knowledge and impact for a fairer world.

40+ Countries

77 million People impacted

200+ Partners

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10-year impact report: 2016 to 2026 - a decade of impact and a vision for the future

AT2030 programme: to test ‘what works’ to improve access to life-changing Assistive Technology (AT) for all

Centre for Digital Language Inclusion: Using AI to bridge the barrier between impaired speech and Automatic Speech Recognition

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Disability, Design & Innovation MSc: our UCL based MSc to tackle global challenges from a new perspective

Disabled Leaders Network: championing exceptional disabled talent through community, capacity building and connection

Global OPD Map: largest-ever collection of advocacy groups led by disabled voices in the transnational disability community

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WHO Collaborating Centre for Assistive Technology

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Inclusive Cities, Global Action Report

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Disability Innovation Strategy

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Para Sport Against Stigma

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Inclusive Research Video Guidance for Early Career Researchers and Innovators

Blog

Celebrating 10 Years of Disability Innovation: Meet the showcases joining our London Design Festival event.

08 September 2026

Disability Inclusion and Innovation for Clean Energy Access: Embracing Co-Design and Collaboration

02 July 2026

Beyond Ramps: Three Policy Frameworks for Disability-Inclusive Cities, Energy, and Climate Action

06 March 2026

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News

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10 Years of Innovation at the Global Disability Innovation Hub: An event celebrating ten years of disability innovation showcased the profound impact we’re having in this space

21 September 2026

10 year impact report: A decade of impact and a vision for the future

04 September 2026

UN General Assembly adopts landmark resolution on access to assistive technology

03 September 2026

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Events

OPD leader in Sierra Leone - a man with a black cap smiling to camera while sitting indoors

Webinar: Improving Access to Funding for Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs): Collective Action for Disability-Inclusive Development

29 September 2026
Online

From Playbook to Practice: Mainstreaming Inclusive Climate Infrastructure Design

22 September 2026
Online

Celebrating 10 years of disability Innovation, the Global Disability Innovation Hub: our work, our stories, our community

14 September 2026

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Disability Inclusion and Innovation for Clean Energy Access: Embracing Co-Design and Collaboration

Gender Equality, Disability & Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Toolkit

Transforming Energy Access; 2025

Understanding the Video Content Creation Journey of Creators with Sensory Impairment in Kenya

Person in a colorful garment stands near water with a rural house in the background; cover of the "Advancing Disability Inclusive Climate Action" guide featuring logos of CBM Global, IAG, and GDI Hub.

Advancing disability inclusive climate action: A resource guide for global practitioners

Toward a Multi-layer Framework to Assess the Quality of Life Impact of Smartphones as Assistive Technology for People with Sensory Disabilities in Kenya

A Cookbook for Community-driven Data Collection of Impaired Speech in LowResource Languages

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Developing National Priority Assistive Products Lists: experiences and lessons from six Sub-Saharan African countries

Taylor & Francis; 2025

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Exploring the Usability of Gaze-based Mobile Communication in Ghana

Youth Attitudes Towards Disability Sport & Assistive Technology

Shujaaz Inc; 2025

Inclusive Cities

Global Disability Innovation Hub; 2024

Integrating Disability in Energy Transition GESI Strategies

Transforming Energy Access

Opportunities for Disability-inclusive Energy Access

Transforming Energy Access

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