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21 April 2023

Meet the team: Marketa

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Markéta Šmitová

Junior Project Manager
Innovation Spotlight: Lugha Ishara tackling language deprivation in Deaf children.

31 March 2023

Innovation Spotlight: Lugha Ishara tackling language deprivation in Deaf children.

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Harrison Kamau

Communications Officer
Signs TV Case Study

01 March 2023

Signs TV Case Study
Innovation Spotlight: Riziki Source, connecting people with disabilities to job opportunities

17 February 2023

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

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Harrison Kamau

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

10 February 2023

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

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Harrison Kamau

Communications Officer
Assistive Technology and Education: Improving Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

24 January 2023

Assistive Technology and Education: Improving Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

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Harrison Kamau

Communications Officer
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06 January 2023

Reflections from Derick, graduate of the MSc DDI
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14 December 2022

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

13 October 2022

Allied Health Profession Day

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Kate Mattick

Engagement Coordinator and Research Support
Brian and a colleague working on a gadget

13 October 2022

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.

05 October 2022

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
Photo of the Utulav portable toilet.

29 September 2022

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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23 September 2022

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

02 September 2022

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

22 August 2022

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

18 August 2022

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]

11 August 2022

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

Dr Rhys Williams

Head of Innovation Insight
The SmartATRS system installed in a Ford Galaxy with a platform lift, automated tailgate and motorised driving seat

04 August 2022

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

28 July 2022

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]
Two women working at laptops at one of our African based programmes

21 July 2022

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]

14 July 2022

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

12 July 2022

Embedding Inclusive Design in Urban Development: GDI Hub’s Inclusive Design team at the World Urban Forum (WUF11)
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06 July 2022

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

21 June 2022

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

12 June 2022

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

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Maryam Bandukda

Research Fellow
Group photo at the Inclusive Africa conference

12 June 2022

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

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Maryam Bandukda

Research Fellow
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25 May 2022

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

19 May 2022

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

18 May 2022

The DAISY PROJECT and BethanyKids: the opportunity to embrace the life given to us.
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17 May 2022

Freedom of expression and opinion is a fundamental human right copy: Pendle View Primary School (Part 2)
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17 May 2022

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”

16 May 2022

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

26 April 2022

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

11 April 2022

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

Katherine Wang

PhD
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10 March 2022

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

07 March 2022

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

Dr Youngjun Cho

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

16 February 2022

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

15 February 2022

Regulations in Assistive Technology

Dr Rhys Williams

Head of Innovation Insight

Louisa Cotton

Innovation Researcher

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02 February 2022

Humanitarian assistance and AT: A conversation with Dr Maria Kett

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Dr Maria Kett

Co-Founder, Associate Director and Head of Humanitarian and Associate Professor at UCL
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31 January 2022

Assistive Technology in the UK - a clinician's perspective

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Kate Mattick

Engagement Coordinator and Research Support
A graphic image of a wheelchair user playing a virtual game in their bedroom

11 January 2022

Empowering People with Cerebral palsy: the Stasism project

STASISM
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07 December 2021

Gratitude, Celebration and Reflections-International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021

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Bernard Chiira

Kenya Country Representative (GDI Hub CIC) and Director of GDI Hub's Innovate Now accelerator
Aisha Mballo

02 December 2021

A World Apart: A Global Clubfoot Journey Fuelled by One Woman’s Resolve
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02 December 2021

GDI Hub celebrate IDPD: "Education is a Tool"
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02 December 2021

GDI Hub celebrate IDPD: "My Blue Brick Journey"
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02 December 2021

GDI Hub celebrate IDPD: Assistive Technology through COVID-19
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02 December 2021

GDI Hub celebrate IDPD 2021: "Inclusive design as essential goods"
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Ching-Shiuan Jiang

Inclusive Design Network Member

Graphic Text. Session 2: Mapping The Sector. Disability Innovation Live Special. December 8th 2 - 3pm

29 November 2021

Changing the Investment Landscape

Dr Rhys Williams

Head of Innovation Insight