Blog Posts
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ISPO Congress Summary
Dr Giulia Barbareschi, Global Disability Innovation HubOct. 16, 2019Giulia presents an overview of the research presented at the ISPO conference in Japan that included the Learnings from the AT2030 Programme for Service Delivery in LMIC.
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Life Changing Assistive Technology for All in Freetown and Banjarmasin
Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre, Hawanatu BanguraOct. 6, 2019Hawanatu gives an overview of a two-week workshop held in Banjarmasin in May 2019 with a team from UCL (UK), Kota Kita and Kaki Kota (Indonesia), and SLURC (Sierra Leone) as part of the project. The workshop started with site visits to the two communities (Pelambuan and Kelayan) in Banjarmasin where the AT2030 would be implemented. Participants then introduced useful presentations on the wider AT2030 project, disability, AT and informality between the two countries (Indonesia and Sierra Leone).
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Reflections on the challenges that people with disabilities face in Kibera, Nairobi
Dr Ben Oldfrey, Global Disability Innovation HubAug. 7, 2019Ben presents the work by GDI Hub and the University of Nairobi taht conducted a study, interviewing wheelchair users living in Kibera – an informal settlement found in Nairobi, Kenya. The study was part of a wider project with the aim of learning how people with disabilities use technology in their everyday lives and understanding the barriers people with disabilities (PWDs) face in various environments.
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One small step for an amputee and a giant leap for Amparo and GDI Hub
Dr Giulia Barbareschi, Global Disability Innovation HubJuly 30, 2019Giulia shares her insights on her experience working on lower limbs prosthetics with Amparo and the Association for the Physically Disabled of Kenya (ADPK).
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Do we have the right Global Strategy to build access to Assistive Technology?
Vicki Austin, Global Disability Innovation HubMarch 27, 2019Vicki discusses the importance of global partnerships to address the gap to access assistive technology.
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