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Assistive Technology and Education: Improving Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

Assistive Technology and Education: Improving Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

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Harrison Kamau

Communications Officer
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Reflections from Derick, graduate of the MSc DDI
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Working on data and evidence to unlock investment into assistive technology
GDI Hub co-founder and Academic Director, Professor Cathy Holloway addresses the launch, in front of branded banners

Working on innovation to support new products and service delivery in assistive technology
Vicki interviewing a female wheelchair user in Sierra Leone. .

Exploring the issues faced by slum dwellers who need assistive technology in Sierra Leone
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Edwin Phiri on the role of fashion in disability innovation
Gaphic text Allied Health Professionals and AT. An image of a person using a crutch and othotic being supported by a second person

Allied Health Profession Day

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Kate Mattick

Engagement Coordinator and Research Support
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Innovation Spotlight: Building a walking companion for the visually impaired.

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Harrison Kamau

Communications Officer
Two people conversing while reading the same book. One is on a wheelchair and the other is not.

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.

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Harrison Kamau

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

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Harrison Kamau

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

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Harrison Kamau

Communications Officer
London 2012 opening ceremony

Six things the London 2012 Paralympic Games taught us about driving disability innovation for a fairer world

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Vicki Austin

Co-founder and CEO of CIC
Young man with prosthetic arm developed at low cost

Changing the investment landscape for AT [Part of our new blog series: AT, Entrepreneurship & Finance - with GDI Hub's Assistive Tech Impact Fund]
Victoria and the in2Science students - with GDI Hub's Roxanna

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]

Balancing Volatility - Emerging African Ecosystems [Part of our new blog series: AT, Entrepreneurship & Finance - with GDI Hub's Assistive Tech Impact Fund]
The SmartATRS system installed in a Ford Galaxy with a platform lift, automated tailgate and motorised driving seat

Bournemouth University’s Assistive Technology Research to Increase Independence

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Dr Paul Whittington
Discussion forum taking place in Kenya with innovate now cohort of ventures

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]
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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]

Validate to find customers in AT ventures [Part of our new blog series: AT, Entrepreneurship & Finance - with GDI Hub's Assistive Tech Impact Fund]
The 3 members of the Inclusive Design Team stand in front of the Expo Stand

Embedding Inclusive Design in Urban Development: GDI Hub’s Inclusive Design team at the World Urban Forum (WUF11)
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Making the direct-to-consumer model work for AT [Part of our new blog series: AT, Entrepreneurship & Finance - with GDI Hub's Assistive Tech Impact Fund]
A person using crutches being assisted by 3 workers to get off a very high train to the platform

Celebrating the launch of the findings of AT2030’s sub-programmes in Indonesia. From Citizens to Cities: Participatory Approaches to Building Disability-Inclusive Cities

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Mikaela Patrick

Senior Inclusive Design Researcher

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Iain McKinnon

Co-founder and Director of Inclusive Design

Annamae Muldowney

Inclusive Design Assistant
InnovateNow Team and AT Entrepreneur Members

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

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Maryam Bandukda

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

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Maryam Bandukda

Research Fellow
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Material Conversations: Creating Multi-sensory Art with Blind and Partially Sighted People

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Maryam Bandukda

Research Fellow

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Caroline Wright

Artist
Graphic text #DayInTheLife Limb difference and Limb Loss awareness month

Normalising limb difference. An April Campaign.
3 children in a line helping each other move forward. The first 2 are wheelchair users

The DAISY PROJECT and BethanyKids: the opportunity to embrace the life given to us.
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Freedom of expression and opinion is a fundamental human right copy: Pendle View Primary School (Part 2)
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Freedom of expression and opinion is a fundamental human right: Pendle View Primary School (Part 1)
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”

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”

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Vicki Austin

Co-founder and CEO of CIC
Jonny traversing through snow using ski poles

Disabled Leaders Network: Jonny Huntington - disabled athlete and explorer.
MSc students cohort in a UCL building.

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

Katherine Wang

PhD
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Stories from Ukraine
Disability, Design & Innovation; an MSc for change-makers

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

Dr Youngjun Cho

Associate Professor at UCL Computer Science & Interim Programme Director of MSc DDI & Computer Scientist
Data Visualization of the Mexican Network of Production.

The purely economic case for investing in Health for All

Oriol Vallès Codina

Research Fellow in Innovation Policy, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (University College London)
Regulations in Assistive Technology

Regulations in Assistive Technology

Louisa Cotton

Innovation Researcher