Assistive & Accessible Technology

Innovation Spotlight: Riziki Source, connecting people with disabilities to job opportunities

Innovation Spotlight: From junk to wheelchairs, the story of Lincon Wamae – an engineer and innovator

A new playbook is launched to share insights from inside the Assistive Tech Impact Fund

Launch of WHO Training in Assistive Products: a new open access online training resource for primary health workers

Allied Health Profession Day

Innovation Spotlight: Building a walking companion for the visually impaired.

Innovation Spotlight: From recovery to innovation: the journey to create a revolutionary, low cost, all-terrain wheelchair, that can be manufactured with basic tools, using locally available materials and components.

Innovation Spotlight: Creating universal access to safe and appropriate sanitation, through innovating accessible toilets for people with disability.

Innovation Spotlight: Completing the communication cycle among deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing people

Changing the investment landscape for AT [Part of our new blog series: AT, Entrepreneurship & Finance - with GDI Hub's Assistive Tech Impact Fund]

My In2science placement with GDI Hub - Victoria shares her new found engineering passion

Balancing Volatility - Emerging African Ecosystems [Part of our new blog series: AT, Entrepreneurship & Finance - with GDI Hub's Assistive Tech Impact Fund]

Bournemouth University’s Assistive Technology Research to Increase Independence

Profit for impact in the Assistive Tech space [Part of our new blog series: AT, Entrepreneurship & Finance - with GDI Hub's Assistive Tech Impact Fund]

Africa's new hub for Health Emergencies and why Inclusive Humanitarian Responses matter

Marketing matters for AT [Part of our new blog series: AT, Entrepreneurship & Finance - with GDI Hub's Assistive Tech Impact Fund]

Validate to find customers in AT ventures [Part of our new blog series: AT, Entrepreneurship & Finance - with GDI Hub's Assistive Tech Impact Fund]

Ms. Bjørg Sandkjæ, Secretary of State for Norway discusses Access, Assistive Tech, Innovation and Development

GDI Hub Visit to Kenya: Kilimanjaro Blind Trust Africa and InnovateNow (Part 2)

GDI Hub Visit to Kenya: Inclusive Africa Conference (Part 1)

UK stands up for AT in significant Parliamentary moment for disability and international development, as GDI Hub holds House of Commons reception

The publication of the Global Report on AT is a brilliant start, but it's what we do next that matters to 3.5 billion people around the world who need access to AT”

From MSc Disability, Design & Innovation to a PHD in social biofeedback for virtual environments

AT in the UK. Capturing your stories and images; what does AT mean in your everyday life?

Disability, Design & Innovation; an MSc for change-makers

Innovate Now, Africa's first Assistive Technology accelerator reignited as Norwegian government backs African innovations

Why study Disability, Design and Innovation: in conversation with Cathy Holloway

GDI Hub “commits to change” at the Global Disability Summit 2022

Publication: ICT Landscape review - The use of ICT in improving the educational participation & outcomes

Humanitarian assistance and AT: A conversation with Dr Maria Kett

Book publication: Disability interactions (DIX), a new approach

International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Sierra Leone

International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Kenya

A World Apart: A Global Clubfoot Journey Fuelled by One Woman’s Resolve

GDI Hub Celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities

GDI Hub welcomes new ATscale CEO Pascal Bijleveld

GDI Hub joins the panel on AI-based motion analysis and prediction technologies at the EnTimeMent event on 19 Nov 2021

Disability Innovation Strategy 2021 – 2024: How the GDI Hub will deliver its vision for disability justice

Prof. Catherine Holloway interviewed for the Tech Monitor

New podcast - Innovation Action Insights explores Materials

AT2030 programme secures A+ rating from Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and has reached 12m people so far

Powering Inclusion: AI and AT - the findings of an online expert roundtable

New podcast - Innovation Action Insights explores Assistive Technology

Reflections on the MSc Disability Design and Innovation - bringing all the parts of myself to this degree

Episode 3 of Innovation Action Insights podcast now live - exploring Sustainability & Circular Economy

Global Disability Innovation Hub becomes the world's first WHO Collaborating Centre on Assistive Technology 

First ever global guide for assistive technology to improve the life of millions

Mobile-powered employment opportunities for all; up to £20k available for Bangladesh solutions

Global call for innovative African AT solutions - up to £200k funding available

Special Issue of 'Sustainability' journal to be guest edited by GDI Hub

New working paper: Barriers to Access and Retain Formal Employment for Persons with Disabilities in Bangladesh and Kenya

GDI Hub CIC's CEO Vicki Austin featured on the ELIEZ Inclusive Innovators podcast

GDI Hub researchers presented their work at Disability Research at Loughborough seminar

UK Aid funding to support 10.5 million more people with access to life changing Assistive Technology through three innovative investments

Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) with East London Inclusive Enterprise Zone (ELIEZ)

GDI Hub joins the new UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Textiles Circularity Centre, led by RCA

Exploring the experience of persons with disabilities of using mobile technology in their daily lives in Kenya and Bangladesh

African Inclusive Employment Innovators sought for Assistive Technology Acceleration Opportunity with Innovate Now

GDI Hub launches its 2019-2020 Impact Report

How self-love and meditation helped Brandon Winfield be a successful innovator.

Iyiola Olafimihan: coproduction is key to innovating Assistive Technology

What is Assistive Tech, who is it for, and what does it enable?

Product Narratives; the challenges of supply and demand-side barriers for priority AT – Disability Innovation Live. 17th September

Professor Catherine Holloway recognised by UCL for globally leading role in building the disability innovation movement

Gender and disability in informal settlements during COVID-19: What we have learnt so far

Country Investment Fund (CIF) launched

Innovate Now Accelerator Programme Seeks Mobile Solutions to Assist Persons with Disabilities

Opportunities and challenges for disability inclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 response: using Assistive Technology learnings to seek emerging market ventilation solutions

Creating the next generation of disability pioneers, UCL’s Disability, Design and Innovation MSc

GDI Hub supports the Accessible cities Hackathon in Egypt

Three Snowdon Trust Scholarships available for our MSc in Disability, Design and Innovation

Celebrating International Disability Day in Sierra Leone

Unveiling the First Cohort of Assistive Technology Entrepreneurs of the Innovate Now Accelerator

India's growing interest on disability innovation: a reflection on the Empower Conference 2019

WHO and UNICEF started Open Consultations for 27 Assistive Product Specifications (APS)

GDI Hub welcomes first cohort of Disability, Design and Innovation MSc students

My experience at the XVIII World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf

What to expect from our new MSc in Disability Innovation

Africa's First Innovation Ecosystem dedicated to Assistive Technology launched In Nairobi, Kenya

Launching the world’s first MSc in Global Disability Innovation

Do we have the right Global Strategy to build access to Assistive Technology?

Bridging the gap between communities and Assistive Tech in East London

The future of (mobile) innovation is inclusive

GDI Hub Co-sponsors Assistive Technology Side Meeting at Conference of State Parties

Life Changing Assistive Technology for All: AT 2030 Kicks Off!

Fit-for-purpose, affordable body-powered prostheses

MakeSpace at HereEast

Powered mobility for young children everywhere

Dynamic seating for children with severe movement disorders

CROWDBOT: A crowd-aware shared-control wheelchair navigation system

Community-led Solutions: Assistive Tech in informal settlements

Street Rehab in India

Power-up! - Fuelling the next generation of assistive technologies

Body 2.0 - Extending ability through 3D printing technology

ARCCS - Accessible Routes from Crowdsourced Cloud Services

AT2030: Drive Availability and Affordability of Assistive Technology

AT2030: Open Up Market Access

AT2030: Assistive Technology Scoping Exercise

GReAT Summit Summary

AAATE Conference Summary

Inclusive Education in Uganda: The Impact of Assistive Technology

AT2030 Subprogramme: Support to ATscale the Global Assistive Technology Partnership

AT 2030: Life Changing Assistive Technology for All

MSc Disability, Design and Innovation at UCL

Snowdon Masters Scholarships

PhD Research Programme

Disabled Leaders Network

Disability Innovation Live - our webinar series

Prime-VR2

Innovation to Inclusion: i2i

Disability design and innovation in low resource settings. Workshop at CHI2021

Rethinking the Senses: A Workshop on Multisensory Embodied Experiences and Disability Interactions

Assistive Technology 2030: technical research

PhD Research: Erasable Tactile Doodling - Toodleoo

PhD Research: Make It Visible - using 3D imaging and printing from microscopic

Mobile-powered employment opportunities for all; i2i challenge call for Bangladesh

Mapping Multisensory Experiences at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Technology for Disability Inclusive Education: A call for participation

Local Production Local Solutions

Smart Prosthetic Liners

PhD Research: The ACCESS framework - Using inertial sensors to understand and improve manual wheelchair navigation in cities

Assistive Technology Need Data Repository

GDI Hub Accelerate

TIDAL N+ Transformative Innovation in the delivery of Assisted Living Products and Services

ICT Landscape review - The use of ICT in improving the educational participation & outcomes

Supporting ADB with Strengthening Poverty and Social Analysis - Disability Inclusion

Local Systems Strengthening: Sierra Leone

Local Systems Strengthening: Nepal

Situational Analysis of Manual Wheelchair Provision: Nepal

World Bank: A Landscape Review of ICT for Disability-Inclusive Education

Digital Technology, to Revolutionise Wheelchair Provision with Motivation

Changing Prosthetic Service Delivery with Amparo

Access to open spaces for blind and partially sighted people

Creating accessible interfaces for people living with MND, ALS, or MD

Enable Makeathon 2.0

Innovate Now: Africa's first AT accelerator

Lean Impact Measurement for AT: capturing the changes in the quality of life

A Workshop on Disability Inclusive Remote Co-Design

Designing technology for blind and visually impaired people to share outdoor experiences

Forecasting assistive technology needs in aged and ageing populations

Measuring physiological signals using contactless thermal infrared imaging

Creating refreshable displays that are accessible to blind and visually impaired people

Furthering user centred design for assistive technology around the world

Measuring ultrasound waves to improve touch technology

Exploring virtual reality solutions to help patients with dystonia

Improving prosthetic liners using wearable sensors, 3D printing and deep learning

Local systems strengthening for manufacturing assistive technology

Improving data and evidence to support the provision of assistive technology

Exploring how people search for information about assistive technology

Enabling blind and partially sighted people to engage with visual data

Physiological computing, artificial intelligence and empowering our capability

Inclusive Public Activities for Information and Communication Technologies

Working on innovation to support new products and service delivery in assistive technology

Working on data and evidence to unlock investment into assistive technology