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  People with intellectual disabilities co-designing digital innovations

  The co-design toolkit of Ireland’s Saint John of God Liffey Service (SJOG) enables people with intellectual disabilities to co-create mobile apps that support their daily lives. Launched in 2016, the co-design programme had 70 participants and more than 30 apps being developed by 2022.
  Saint John of God Liffey Services, Co-Design Toolkit for Designing Inclusive Apps, Ireland

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  Nationwide platform for all disability-related information in a low-income country

  In 2021, EnableMe Kenya launched an interactive online platform to support people with disabilities and their relatives who have no other access to relevant information. The portal provides information on more than 200 topics and had more than 70,000 visitors between 2021 and 2022.
  EnableMe - Kenya, EnableMe Community platform, Kenya

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  Inclusive education and vocational training in remote rural areas of South-East Asia

  Disability Development Services Programme (DDSP), Cambodia: Implements inclusive education projects in rural Pursat province. Integrated children with disabilities into mainstream schools, increasing inclusive class pupils from 255 to 1,105 by 2023.
  Disability Development Services Program, Mith Komar Pikar (‘Friends of Children with Disabilities’), Cambodia

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  Providing hearing and seeing aids paired with inclusive education in refugee camps

  PCCDS, Hebron: Improves educational outcomes for students with hearing and visual disabilities. Provided hearing aids and glasses, increasing completion rates from 27% to 59%.
  PCCDS - Palestinian Center for Communication and Development Strategies, Support programme for young people with visual or hearing disabilities, Palestine

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  Pre-incubator supporting social innovation and entrepreneurship in assistive technology

  Digital Impact Square (DISQ) by Tata Consultancy Services Foundation, India: Incubation programme for Assistive Technology start-ups. By 2023, supported eight start-ups, improving the lives of over 100,000 persons with disabilities and their caregivers.
  Tata Consultancy Services, Digital Impact Square (DISQ), India

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  Supporting businesses in creating accessible workplaces and infrastructure

  Based in Karachi, Pakistan, NOWPDP started a comprehensive project for public space and workplace accessibility and inclusion in 2012. Since then more than 50 locations have been adapted. To date more than 2,000 people with disabilities have benefited, 30 branches of a bank and numerous offices have been modified.
  NOWPDP - Network of Organizations Working with People with Disabilities, Pakistan

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  Fast-growing, easy-to-replicate methodology to evaluate and improve inclusion in schools

  Perkins School for the Blind, U.S.: Supports global education for children with disabilities. Through the Model Program Approach, reached over 1 million children via 133 programs in 15 countries by June 2023.
  Perkins, Model Program Approach, Mexico

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  UNICEF’s accessible digital textbooks for children with and without disabilities

  UNICEF’s Accessible Digital Textbooks Initiative: Provides digital textbooks with audio narration and integrated sign language. By 2023, deployed in nine countries, benefiting over 2,500 students globally, with 66 prototypes developed.
  UNICEF - USA, Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADT) initiative, Colombia

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  Fostering inclusive education in Latin America through youth leadership and sports

  Escuelas Unificadas by Special Olympics Latin America: Promotes inclusive environments through sports and leadership activities for children with and without intellectual disabilities. Implemented in seven countries, reaching over 16,000 participants by 2023.
  Special Olympics Latin America, Escuelas Unificadas (Unified Schools), Brazil

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  Empowering clinicians with the skills and tools to deliver affordable prosthetic arms

  Victoria Hand Project in Canada provides 3D-printed prosthetics to low-income amputees. Since 2015, it served 350 patients in 11 countries and trained 50+ healthcare workers globally.
  Victoria Hand Project, Victoria Hand Project, Cambodia