Assistive & Accessible Technology news and media

The Global Disability Innovation Hub announces Iain McKinnon as new CEO – as disability innovation continues to emerge as a leading global mechanism to transform lives

Seeking growth-stage ventures for new Assistive and Accessible Tech Growth Fund. It's time to think big.​ ​

Social Finance and Investing For Good become the first delivery partners for AT2030's Accessible and Assistive Technology Growth Fund

Request for Proposals: Accessible and Assistive Technology Growth Fund

Winners of the AccessAbility innovation challenge

Bridging resource - how new management of the AskSource platform will enable this important online disability resource centre to evolve

Assistive Technology Changes Lives: an assessment of AT need and capacity in England

GDI Hub at Conference of State Parties (COSP) - exploring ‘What Works’ to improve access to life-changing Assistive Tech (AT) for all

AccessAbility: Inclusive innovation challenge to ensure rights and choices for youth with disabilities

GDI Hub, Google and AT Scale launch pioneering project to test ‘Mobile at Assistive Tech’ in Kenya, Brazil and India.

G20 India: Assistive Technology Dialogue. Join us and join the conversation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GDI Hub launches its 2019-2020 Impact Report

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

Country Investment Fund (CIF) launched

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

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

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

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

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

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

Launching the world’s first MSc in Global Disability Innovation

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

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