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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]
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Bournemouth University’s Assistive Technology Research to Increase Independence

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Dr Paul Whittington
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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]
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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.
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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
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Disabled Leaders Network: Jonny Huntington - disabled athlete and explorer.
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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
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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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Assistive Technology in the UK - a clinician's perspective

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Kate Mattick

Engagement Coordinator and Research Support
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Empowering People with Cerebral palsy: the Stasism project

STASISM
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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

A World Apart: A Global Clubfoot Journey Fuelled by One Woman’s Resolve
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GDI Hub celebrate IDPD: "Education is a Tool"
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GDI Hub celebrate IDPD: "My Blue Brick Journey"
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GDI Hub celebrate IDPD: Assistive Technology through COVID-19
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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

Changing the Investment Landscape
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What is Climate resilient inclusive design and why do we need it? GDI Hub at COP26

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Mikaela Patrick

Senior Inclusive Design Researcher

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Iain McKinnon

Co-founder and Director of Inclusive Design
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Disabled Leaders Network: Inclusive Workspaces

Uzoamaka Anita Asiegbu

Disabled Leaders Network Member

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My journey with Disability, Design and Innovation
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Richard Amm

DDI MSc Student and Disabled Leaders Network Member

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at2030.org

Can Paralympic sport break down barriers to assistive technology use in Africa?
Inclusive Design Practice Series: Can the adoption of inclusive adaptations that we have seen during Covid, such as remote working and online calls, have a sustainable impact?

Inclusive Design Practice Series: Can the adoption of inclusive adaptations that we have seen during Covid, such as remote working and online calls, have a sustainable impact?

Kin Ly
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Inclusive Design Practice Series: Social Practices of Inclusive Design at Sheffield MENCAP Friday Sports Club

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Benjamin Duke
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Amplifying disabled voices through community engagement

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Maryam Bandukda

Research Fellow
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Q & A with: Paralympian Nyasha Mharakurwa who plays wheelchair Tennis for Zimbabwe
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Q & A with: Paralympian Jack Hunter-Spivey who plays table tennis for Great Britain
A black and yellow sign on the pavement that reads: Covid, hands, face, space

Inclusive Design Practice Series: (Un)conscious Practices in Design: Shifting from Surviving to Thriving

Natasha Trotman

Equalities Designer

DDI MSc 2020 - 2021. 4 logos of loughborough university london, UCL, UAL and GDI Hub

Reflections of MSc Disability, Design and Innovation 2020 - 2021

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Tim Adlam

Associate Professor
GDI Hub Research and Innovation Initiatives

GDI Hub Research and Innovation Initiatives
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A Legacy to Note on Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2021: Memories of Margaret Hickish MBE – a Mentor and Friend

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Iain McKinnon

Co-founder and Director of Inclusive Design
AT Impact Fund: How we do impactful research

AT Impact Fund: How we do impactful research
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Reflections on the MSc Disability Design and Innovation - bringing all the parts of myself to this degree
MSc Stories: After a Neuroscience degree, I wanted to use my understanding of disability and join the field of inclusive design

MSc Stories: After a Neuroscience degree, I wanted to use my understanding of disability and join the field of inclusive design
Why I choose to join Disability, Design and Innovation MSc

Why I choose to join Disability, Design and Innovation MSc
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Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) with East London Inclusive Enterprise Zone (ELIEZ)

Bhavna Malkani

Programme lead for ELIEZ, UCL

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Exploring the experience of persons with disabilities of using mobile technology in their daily lives in Kenya and Bangladesh
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Inclusive Design Research in a Pandemic: Working Remotely in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Mikaela Patrick

Senior Inclusive Design Researcher
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Tamirkhuu Narangerel

Researcher, Universal Progress ILC

Man sitting in a wheelchair in the Here East building

How self-love and meditation helped Brandon Winfield be a successful innovator.
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Iyiola Olafimihan: coproduction is key to innovating Assistive Technology

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Iyiola Olafimihan LLB/BL MA

Advisory Board - UK
What is Assistive Tech, who is it for, and what does it enable?

What is Assistive Tech, who is it for, and what does it enable?
Billboard of Channel 4 reads: Thanks for the warm-up

Popular culture can set stigma alight in seconds but to sustain change the fire must be ready to burn

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Vicki Austin

Co-founder and CEO of CIC
From physiotherapy to an inclusive design award: my MSc journey

From physiotherapy to an inclusive design award: my MSc journey

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Kate Mattick

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

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Dr Ignacia Ossul Vermehren

Research Fellow