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              • BC disability consultation 2014 public consultation.

                Collaborative Creation of the Ten-Year Action Plan

                The Plan for Inclusion is the result of extensive community consultations involving up to 1,150 people and leading to 4,500 proposals. These will be addressed by advisory groups, which include people with disabilities, their families, employers, financial institutions, non-profit organizations, and the technology and business sectors.
                British Columbia Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, Canada

              • An African woman in a work uniform meticulously assembles small solar-powered devices on a production line. Her focused expression and the bright colors of the devices symbolize the empowerment of women in technology and sustainable energy industries.

                Affordable solar-powered hearing aids with repair services and children’s hearing screenings

                Deaftronics in Botswana sells solar-rechargeable hearing aids assembled by workers with disabilities. By 2023, it sold 7,500 units and partnered with WHO and UNICEF for expansion across Africa.
                Deaftronics (Pty) Ltd, Deaftronics, Kenya

              • Three men with masks work on a three-wheel bicycle. Two work at the front and one fixes something in the back. They are in a working environment

                Open space to invent and make tailor-made technical aids for persons with disabilities

                My Human Kit is a private association and a pioneer in the production of low-cost technical aids based on Open Source. Since the opening of the first 'Humanlab' in the French city of Rennes in 2016, Humanlab has enabled the production of more than 100 technical aids and welcomed more than 1,500 people.
                My Human Kit, Humanlab, a Fablab dedicated to disabilities, France

              • An icon of a mobile phone with an index finger pressing on the phone with the disability logo in the background and the letters MRGPA. Logo of MTGPA written on upper left while Tencent Games CROS on the lower left with two other logos.

                Haptic technology to improve mobile app accessibility

                 

                Tencent Holdings is a technology and entertainment company from China that has developed ‘MTGPA Haptics’, a technology that transmits vibro-tactile signals to its users and can be used for notifications or as an orientation aid. By 2022, MTGPA Haptics had been installed in over 240 million smart phones.
                TENCENT Technology Co,. Ltd., MTGPA Haptics, China

              • A man dressed warmly waits for a bus on a cold city morning, holding his phone and backpack. The photo highlights the importance of accessible and reliable public transportation, essential for inclusion and equal mobility in urban environments.

                Sound-based system for orientation of persons with visual disabilities

                Kroki na Guki is a sound-based navigation system for blind and visually impaired people. Informer devices connect via Bluetooth to the BuzzPoint app to provide real-time transport info, route guidance, entrance location, green-light requests and electronic queue booking. 33,000+ Informers installed.
                The Center of a Successful Person, Steps on Sounds (Kroki na Guki), Belarus

              • A large, diverse group of people, including those in wheelchairs, gather to celebrate a graduation event organized by Helm Academy. The inclusive setting features people in formal and casual attire, radiating a sense of achievement and support for accessible education and employment opportunities.

                A fast-growing IT-platform providing vocational training combined with a employer-engagement programme

                Helm in Egypt launched Helm Academy, offering vocational training in Arabic and English. By mid-2024, 8,000 individuals were trained, with 40% securing employment within six months.
                Helm Consulting, Helm Academy, Egypt

              • A full chain of support from primary school to employment

                 

                LIFE is a programme for inclusive vocational education and employment for people with disabilities, starting as early as primary school and ending with job placement. 2012 it was introduced in Armenia. By 2016 approximately 900 persons were placed in training and 653 persons were employed through the programme.
                Save the Children Armenia, Livelihood Improvement through Fostered Employment (LIFE), Armenia

              • A man wearing apron arranging small bowls inside a resturant kitchen with a two piles of plates beside him.

                Government-backed online job-portal for all people with disabilities

                MYFutureJobs is a job portal of the State Social Security Organization (SOCSO) in Malaysia for people with disabilities. Since 2020 employers who want to participate in government-funded projects have been required to register on the portal, and SOCSO has helped to find employment for 3,625 people as of 2022.
                Social Security Organization Malaysia, MYFutureJobs, Malaysia

              • This image depicts how Beeline Reader makes written digital content more accessbile using eye guiding color gradients flowing from the end of one line to the beginning of the next.

                Colour schemes that make texts on screens easier to read

                BeeLine Reader, a free web-browser extension developed in the United States, makes texts more readable on a screen, with each line starting with one colour and slowly changing to a second colour. The following line then starts with the same colour. This continuity supports visual tracking.
                BeeLine Reader, BeeLine Reader, United States of America

              • A person in a white polo shirt is talking to a customer. He is a deaf pharmacist who works at Marien Apotheke. In the background is a variety of pharma products on shelves.

                Pharmacy specialized in employment and services for deaf people

                Since taking on the first deaf apprentice in 2008, the Vienna-based pharmacy has now trained two and employed a third deaf pharmacist. In addition, sign language courses were offered for hearing staff. For customers, the pharmacy offers barrier-free health information, including videos in sign language.
                Marien Pharmacy, Training and counselling for deaf people, Austria