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              • Three women sit, while having a discussion in sign language live on Signs TV in front of UN sustainable goals posters.

                24-hour TV station broadcasting in sign language

                Signs TV broadcasts in sign language along with audio and voice, presenting informative, educational, and entertainment content with a focus on deaf culture and disability rights. In 2019 Signs TV had an estimated audience of 500,000 deaf people, 1.2 million with other disabilities and 1.5 million people who wanted to learn sign language.
                Signs Media Kenya Limited, Signs TV, Kenya

              • A group of children in the classroom watching something projected on the laptop.

                Improving Deaf Children’s Reading Through Technology

                "All Children Reading" provides access to education for deaf children throughout Morocco. A key element is a software that helps teachers and parents to create teaching materials in Moroccan Sign Language (MSL). In addition, a sign language-friendly assessment for early learners was created, which is standardized and comparable.
                IDRT - Institute for Disabilities Research and Training, Inc., All Children Reading, Morocco

              • Online accessibility self-check tool for companies

                Barrier-Check educates and trains companies about barrier-free requirements. The site allows users to get a traceable and clear analysis of their own situation regarding accessibility by using selectable modules. Since its launch in 2015, more than 11,000 users have accessed the website more than 90,000 times.
                OEZIV - Austrian Civil Invalid Association, Barrier Check, Austria

              • A woman using a laptop.

                Private company joins a university in training students in web accessibility

                "Los Laboratorios de Accesibilidad Web" (Web Accessibility Laboratories) is a project for improving web accessibility expertise in Latin America. The approach is based on a training course and the development of web accessibility assessment tools. Since the start in 2015, 150 programmers and designers have passed the course.
                Hearcolors, The Web Accessibility Laboratories, Mexico

              • Local 3D production of high-quality, low-cost prosthetics in low-income countries

                Ugani Prosthetics, Belgium: Develops affordable prosthetics for low-income countries using 3D printers and smartphones. Trained technicians and established workshops, helping over 100 patients in five countries from 2021 to 2023.
                Ugani Prosthetics, Kenya

              • A man with visual impairments using the stick and the phone for directions.

                Tactile paths giving voice commands via a smart stick and a mobile phone app

                The LVE system is made up of tactile paving integrated with radio frequency tags. The user holds a Bluetooth-equipped smart stick, which receives instructions from the radio tags when it touches the path. These instructions are then sent via Bluetooth to an app, which reads out voice instructions, based on a downloadable map.
                JKJ S.r.l. - Plastic Solutions, LVE smart stick system, Italy

              • One-stop-shop for employment services

                The JobAccess Programme addresses the lack of easily accessible and comprehensive information regarding government assistance for employers and employees with disabilities. Technical advice and financial subsidies are intended to facilitate the removal of barriers in the workplace. People with disabilities receive support to find and keep a job.
                Australian Department of Social Services, One-stop-shop for employment services, Australia

              • A young woman with dark hair sits at a desk in an office. She is talking to a man standing next to her.

                National Training Service making itself accessible and inclusive

                SENA is a public entity for work training and human develop and the only one in Colombia committed to guidelines for inclusion. SENA has counsellors in its 33 offices nationwide and provides 117 mobile training centres for remote regions. In 2019, 1,543 jobs for people with disabilities were placed.
                SENA - The National Training Service Colombia, The National Training Service (SENA), Colombia

              • An African man and African woman sitting outside a well-built brick house with two windows and a door. A stack of rocks scattered between the with a tote bag lying on top.

                Peer-led organization of persons with psychosocial disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa

                Since 2017 the National Self-Advocacy in Uganda (UNSAI) has been assisting people with psychosocial disabilities with ‘Support my Choice’, a programme that enables participants who would otherwise be institutionalized to live independently, benefitting 150 people to date.
                UNSAI-Uganda National Self-Advocacy Initiative, Support my Choice, Uganda

              • Bill enjoys his work as a stocker at Sweet Clover Market © Michelle Paya

                Long-term inclusion in the open labour market, state-wide

                Begun in 1983, the programme provides individually tailored support and thoughtful job matches for people with intellectual disabilities. By 2002, Vermont had closed all sheltered workshops. By 2016, 48 per cent of Vermonters receiving developmental disabilities services are employed in the regular workforce and paid at minimum wage or higher.
                University of Vermont, Center on Disability and Community Inclusion, Supported Employment Programme of 1983
Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, Agency of Human Services, Vermont, USA, United States of America