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The Disability Technology report explores the potential for data-driven digital technologies to reduce barriers that disabled people encounter in their everyday lives. Whether for work, play, rest or care, inclusively designed, sustainable digital assistive technologies can create a more accessible society for all.
The objective of the Introduction Course to Assistive Technology in the Americas (in Spanish and English) is to increase knowledge on assistive technology to promote its inclusion in national agendas and improve the availability and access to effective, appropriate, high-quality, and affordable assistive products and services for those who need them most: people with…
This article aims to describe the data types and accompanying methods that are commonly-used to estimate disability prevalence in a population. These estimates are often commissioned by policymakers to scale supportive measures, and innovators to describe addressable markets to funders. This article was commissioned by the Royal Society and funded with UK…
This paper focuses particularly on assistive technology (AT) as a critical component towards equity and inclusion as laid out in the: People-Centred Development thematic area of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Pacific Framework for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2016−2025 (PFRPD).
The preconditions are more than a mere checklist; it reflects an interdependent policy and programming framework where each component reinforces the others. Accessibility alone is insufficient if assistive technologies are not also in place, and CBID is often required to deliver assistive technologies.. The development of this issues papers has been funded by the…
The purpose of the PFRPD is to: Support Pacific governments to promote, protect and fulfil the rights of persons with disabilities as outlined in the CRPD; and Provide a regional modality to strengthen coordination and collaboration in support of national initiatives.
Pacific Disability Forum Submission to Australia’s International Disability Equity & Rights Strategy
The WHO Disability-Inclusive Health Services Training Package is a companion to the “WHO Disability-Inclusive Health Services Toolkit: A resource for health facilities in the Western Pacific Region” published by WHO in 2020. This package offers a range of additional training materials including presentations, workbooks and videos that will allow users to develop the…
The WHO Policy on Disability was developed at the request of the Director-General, in consultation with the programmatic and operational departments of the Organization, staff with disability and Regional Disability Leads.
