Publications
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The Impact of Assistive Technology
60Decibels, Global Disability Innovation HubJune 2, 2023Case Studies and ReportsThere is a need to create data and evidence for the AT sector. The current data vacuum is challenging venture but also ecosystem growth. At the ecosystem-level the lack of data and evidence creates a significant barrier for the sector to make informed decisions about where and when to invest. The objective of this research was to develop an easily administrable set of surveys – AT Lean Impact Assessment Suite – which would capture company-level impact for emerging AT companies from the users’ perspectives whilst simultaneously delivering ecosystem-wide learnings.
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Rwanda national partner event to galvanise support on the Disability Information System for Inclusive Development
Clinton Health Access InitiativeMay 24, 2023RwandaCase Studies and ReportsThis case study explores a recent National Partner event led by the Rwandan National Council of Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) and its stakeholders to build support on the Disability Information System for Inclusive Development. This system aims to provide evidence-based support for inclusive policies, enhance accountability, improve service delivery, and foster better coordination among key stakeholders. Ultimately, the goal is to enhance management of disability information in the country.
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Seeking information about assistive technology: Exploring current practices, challenges, and the need for smarter systems
William Bhot, Catherine Holloway, Jamie Danemayer, Prof. Youngjun Cho, Aneesha Singh, John Shawe-Taylor, Nadia Berthouze, Ollie Dixon, Marko GrobelnikMay 18, 2023GlobalAcademic Research PublicationsThis paper presents value-based design implications to improve functionality of future AT-information seeking platforms, through incorporating smarter systems to support decision-making and need-matching whilst ensuring ethical standards for disability fairness remain.
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Government of Sierra Leone National Assistive Technology Procurement Guidelines of Sierra Leone
Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra LeoneApril 19, 2023Sierra LeoneAT2030 ResourcesProcurement guidelines which seek to standardize the procurement process of AT products for Sierra Leone.
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National Assistive Technology Standards of Sierra Leone
Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra LeoneApril 19, 2023Sierra LeoneAT2030 ResourcesThis document was developed to guide the procurement of assistive products in Sierra Leone. It is intended primarily for procurement teams, implementing partners and donors working on providing AT devices for all forms of disabilities.
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Case Study: Tacilia, Designing Interactive Technology for Blind Students
Catherine Holloway, Giulia Barbareschi, Tigmanshu BhatnagarApril 11, 2023Case Studies and ReportsCase Study: Tacilia, Designing Interactive Technology for Blind Students. An excerpt from Disability Interactions: Creating Inclusive Innovations by Catherine Holloway and Giulia Barbareschi
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Case Study AT2030: Measuring Need through Population Health Data and Screening Tools
Catherine Holloway, Giulia Barbareschi, Jamie DanemayerApril 11, 2023Case Studies and ReportsCase Study AT2030: Measuring Need through Population Health Data and Screening Tools. Excerpted from Disability Interactions: Creating Inclusive Innovations
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Case Study: Local Production Opportunities for Assistive Technology
Catherine Holloway, Giulia Barbareschi, Dr Ben OldfreyApril 11, 2023Case Studies and ReportsCase Study: Local production opportunities for Assistive Technology. An excerpt from Disability Interactions: Creating Inclusive Innovations by Catherine Holloway and Giulia Barbareschi
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Case Study: Motivation InnovATe Wheelchairs, Reimagining Bespoke Wheelchair Manufacturing Through Technology
Catherine Holloway, Giulia Barbareschi, Jake Honeywill, Nancy MbuguaApril 11, 2023Case Studies and ReportsCase Study: Motivation InnovATe Wheelchairs, Reimagining Bespoke Wheelchair Manufacturing Through Technology. An excerpt from Disability Interactions: Creating Inclusive Innovations by Catherine Holloway and Giulia Barbareschi.
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Case Study: DIX within the AT2030 program in Kenya
Catherine Holloway, Giulia BarbareschiApril 11, 2023Case Studies and ReportsCase Study: DIX within the AT2030 program in Kenya. Excerpted from Disability Interactions: Creating Inclusive Innovations by Catherine Holloway and Giulia Barbareschi.
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Case Study: Enabling Access to Quality, Inclusive Education for Learners with Visual Impairment in Africa
Catherine Holloway, Giulia Barbareschi, Kilimanjaro Blind TrustApril 11, 2023Case Studies and ReportsCase Study: Enabling Access to Quality, Inclusive Education for Learners with Visual Impairment in Africa. Excerpted from Disability Interactions: Creating Inclusive Innovations by Catherine Holloway and Giulia Barbareschi.
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Case Study: Google Euphonia, Supporting People with Impaired Speech to be Better Understood
Catherine Holloway, Giulia Barbareschi, Richard CaveApril 11, 2023Case Studies and ReportsCase Study: Google Euphonia, Supporting People with Impaired Speech to be Better Understood. Excerpted from Disability Interactions: Creating Inclusive Innovations
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Inclusive Design and Accessibility of the Built Environment in Freetown - an Inclusive Infrastructure Case Study from Sierra Leone
Global Disability Innovation Hub, SLURCApril 11, 2023Sierra LeoneCase Studies and ReportsThis case study explores the current state of the infrastructure provision - and makes recommendations for opportunities to imbed accessibility and inclusion across Freetown.
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Case Study: Neurodiversity and Disability—Reflections
Catherine Holloway, Giulia Barbareschi, Dafne Zuleima Morgado RamirezApril 11, 2023Case Studies and ReportsCase Study: Neurodiversity and Disability—Reflections. Excerpted from Disability Interactions: Creating Inclusive Innovations.
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60 Decibels Performance Snapshot (ATIF) (Trestle Labs)
Global Disability Innovation Hub, 60 DecibelsMarch 31, 2023Case Studies and ReportsThis report, developed by Global Disability Innovation Hub and 60Decibels, explores more about Trestle Labs customers, their profiles, outcomes, and experiences. It examines key performance and impact metrics to discover customer loyalty, feedback, and overall impact on lives.
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Tacilia: Innovation Stack
Global Disability Innovation HubMarch 30, 2023Case Studies and ReportsInnovation is the process by which something new and meaningful is created that can reach people. This is an example of Tacilia, a new technology for tactile display devices. It aims to reduce the complexity of refreshable tactile displays by reducing the number of components required to actuate a pin array. The development of Tacilia encountered many challenges, and it was constantly overcoming challenges with the people who will be using the technology that reflects the process of inventing new, valuable, and marketable assistive technology.
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Wazi Impact Performance Snapshot
60DecibelsMarch 29, 2023UgandaCase Studies and ReportsWazi were part of AT2030's Assistive Tech Impact Fund, using catalytic capital with expert-led venture-building, to unlock new solutions for scale, building AT ecosystems and driving change. This report, developed by 60Decibels, explores more about Wazi customers, their profiles, outcomes and experiences - looking at key performance and impact metrics to discover customer loyalty, feedback and overall impact to lives.
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Assistive technology access in longitudinal datasets: a global review
Jamie Danemayer, Sophie Mitra, Catherine Holloway, Shereen HusseinMarch 29, 2023Academic Research PublicationsFunctional limitations become more prevalent as populations age, emphasising an increasingly urgent need for assistive technology (AT). Critical to meeting this need trajectory is understanding AT access in older ages. Yet few publications examine this from a longitudinal perspective. This review aims to identify and collate what data exist globally, seeking all population-based cohorts and repeated cross-sectional surveys through the Maelstrom Research Catalogue (searched May 10, 2022) and the Disability Data Report (published 2022), respectively. Datasets incorporating functional limitations modules and question(s) dedicated to AT, with a wave of data collection since 2009, were included.
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Towards Proactive Information Retrieval in Noisy Text with Wikipedia Concepts
Tabish Ahmed, Sahan BulathwelaMarch 29, 2023Academic Research PublicationsThis Centre for Artificial Intelligence paper from University College London looks at extracting useful information from the user history to clearly understand informational needs is a crucial feature of a proactive information retrieval system. Regarding understanding information and relevance, Wikipedia can provide the background knowledge that an intelligent system needs. This work explores how exploiting the context of a query using Wikipedia concepts can improve proactive information retrieval on noisy text. Formulating two models that use entity linking to associate Wikipedia topic with the relevance model. Experiments around a podcast segment retrieval task demonstrate that there is a clear signal of relevance in Wikipedia concepts while a ranking model can improve precision by incorporating them. The research finds that Wikifying the background context of a query can help disambiguate the meaning of the query, further helping proactive information retrieval.
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Personnel training in priority assistive products (TAP)
Global Disability Innovation Hub, World Health OrganizationMarch 29, 2023AT2030 ResourcesTrained personnel are essential for the proper assessment, fitting, user training, and follow-up of assistive products. Without these four key steps, assistive products are often of no benefit or abandoned, and may cause physical harm. Many countries however face significant challenges in deploying a workforce to implement these four steps. In order to improve access to assistive products at community- level, WHO with support from AT2030 has created the Training in Priority Assistive Products (TAP), a series of e-learning modules that will build the skills and capacity of primary healthcare workforce to safely and effectively provide basic assistive products.
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