Two sessions on Assistive Technology will be held by DOCTRID Research Institute at the Global Science Collaboration Conference at the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA75) on Monday, 28th of September from 11am – 2pm. The main purpose is to highlight the importance of AT as a hugely transformative and enabling influence for people with disability […]
Kick-off meeting for AAATE on 20 September participating in VisuAAL, a project on video-based technologies and services for active and assisted living. The project runs on a great consortium led by the University of Alicante. The aim of VISUAAL is to bridge the knowledge gap between users’ requirements and the appropriate and secure use of […]
The GAATO association The Global Alliance of Assistive Technology Organizations (GAATO) is a new world body based in Geneva, Switzerland, representing global assistive technology (AT). GAATO works strategically and globally towards a world where all people can access the assistive technology they need. GAATO members have a strong track record of advancing people’s rights to […]
Academics, non-academics, especially self-advocates and persons marginalized by higher education, as well as non-Western academics are invited to submit their ideas for contributions for a new volume Hierarchies of Disability Human Rights edited for Routledge Press, Interdisciplinary Disability Studies Book Series. The editors of this volume seek to support the important work of confronting hierarchies […]
Global call for measuring access to assistive technology using the WHO rapid Assistive Technology Assessment (rATA) is launched by the World Health Organization. Successful proposals for data collection on access to Assistive Technology using rATA will be funded for data collection & implementation and can be submitted by 4 October 2020, 17:00 CET In the […]
If you want to share the innovative ideas for digital empowerment of persons or groups you can submit you application for the the 2020/2021 UNESCO/Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. The aim of the Prize is to reward the outstanding contributions of individuals and organizations that promote inclusion […]
The AAL Programme has published a new set of Guidelines for Ethics, Data Privacy and Security that addresses the AAL Framework of Excellence, the framework for compliance, the ethical dialogue together with some practical cases and use cases. These guidelines are aimed at all researchers, developers, primary, secondary and tertiary end users, policy makers, start-ups and […]
The Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub) is launching Disability Innovation Live – a new digital event series from GDI Hub. The first Disability Innovation Live is titled ‘COVID-19 and Disability; Exploring a new innovation landscape’ and will take place on Thursday 16th July 2020, and it is related to how at how learnings from […]
The first virtual event organized by ATIA, lots of webinars, COVID 19 AT resources and many more that you can check in one of the largest AT industry organizations bringing together AT professionals and stakeholders
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is currently preparing the second issue of its flagship publication Technology Trends which will be dedicated to Assistive Technology and is expected to be published in fall 2020. The report analyzes mainly patent data to identify technology trends, key players and markets in AT, and also includes a chapter […]
