Thank you for joining us for the Disability Innovation Summit. Many brilliant ideas were shared - as we reflected on the Disability Innovation space of today, and the huge opportunities for the future.
Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub) is an Academic Research and Practice Centre accelerating disability innovation for a more just world. Based at UCL (University College London) we are operational in 60 countries, with more than 70 partners. Since launching in 2016 we've reached more then 34 million people and are the World Health Organisations (WHO) first Global Collaborating Center on Assistive Technology.
Our Themes
CEO Vicki Austin was featured on CNBC news to share the scope of GDI Hubs work and the global need for AT. In this interview with Arabile Gumede, Vicki discusses GDI Hubs mission, reach and impact to date. "We want to make the world for disabled people and we try to use innovation, change and technology to make that a reality."
WHO Training in Assistive Products: a new open access online training resource for primary health workers
Training in Assistive Products (TAP) is a new open access online training resource to prepare primary health and other personnel to fulfil an assistive technology role. This new global resource has been driven by support from UK aid through GDI Hub's AT2030 programme.
UK aid announces £31 million to improve access to life-changing Assistive Technology for all, backing increased ground-breaking innovation and research by the AT2030 programme - led by Global Disability Innovation Hub
The UK aid funded AT2030 programme explores and tests ‘what works’ to improve access to life-changing Assistive Technology (AT) for all.
To date AT2030 has published 150 influencing papers, supported 27 AT ventures, developed 63 partnerships to support AT capacity and enabled 47 African countries to view the Paralympics for the first time. We're reached over 29 million people.
This investment marks the UK’s role as a global leader in research and innovation and demonstrates a continued legacy of the London 2012 games, with a leading commitment to disability inclusion.
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Our Disability, Design and Innovation MSc is the first of it's kind, seeing design engineering meet global policy and the societal context of disability, this multidisciplinary programme takes theory into practice - harnessing academic excellence, innovative approaches and co-creation to tackle global challenges from a new perspective.
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UCL and Indian partners to drive disability innovation through assistive technology
The Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub) at UCL has announced a new collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology to support disability inclusion.
