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              • A young person with dark glasses is typing on a keyboard in front of him. He seems to be very concentrated.

                Accessible online library provided for free as a corporate social initiative

                Sugamya Pustakalaya is an online accessible library for people with visual impairment or printing disabilities. It also supports libraries and publishers who wish to digitize their content into accessible formats. The library includes content in 17 languages and has 32,346 registered users in 2020.
                Tata Consultancy Services, Sugamaya Pustakalaya (Online Accessible Library) by TCS Access Infinity, India

              • 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

              • A male and female trainer are at the front of a classroom, which has individual computers on each desk. Five participants sit at the computers, watching the trainers.

                Training people with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities for ICT jobs

                TAP was designed for people with mental, emotional, or cognitive disabilities. It includes technological education, training of soft skills, and the placement of people as qualified IT specialists. Since its launch in 2011, TAP has trained more than 150 adults, 74 per cent of whom were successfully placed.
                itworks, Technology Accessibility Program (TAP), Israel

              • 3 men and 5 women, one of whom is sitting in a wheelchair, are positioned around a modern white car with sensors on the roof, standing on a parking space for persons with disabilities.

                Government-led crowdsourcing platform to guide policymaking for inclusive workplaces

                The US Department of Labor’s ePolicyWorks is a ‘virtual town hall’. Through an accessible online crowdsourcing tool, anyone can participate in national dialogues on employment and disability issues - a model that has already been adopted by other US agencies.
                Department of Labor of the US, ePolicyWorks Initiative, United States of America

              • A middle aged male in his electric wheelchair is sitting at his desk in front of a screen while working in his office, which is decorated with plants and pictures hanging on the white walls.

                Collection of digital and technical solutions for universally designed workplaces

                The Nordic Welfare Centre’s programme named Future of Working Life identifies and provides solutions in 18 technology areas that have the potential to improve the situation of people with disabilities in the labour market. The main target groups are employers, employees, and experts in the open labour market.
                Nordic Welfare Centre, The Future of Working Life, Sweden

              • A variety of approaches to create jobs for people with visual impairments

                The first phase started in 2007 and focused on technology to increase the learning potential of students with visual impairments. From 2012 to 2013, the emphasis was on vocational preparation, technological applications and advocacy for inclusive universities. 117 people found employment through the programme.
                ICEVI - International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment, Nippon Foundation Higher Education Project, Cambodia

              • Training persons with intellectual disabilities to be self-advocates

                The training of self-advocates takes an average of ten months and covers human rights, participation mechanisms, supported decision-making, and development of expressive ability, with the help of manuals and group teaching. Over 400 persons with intellectual disabilities and 100 facilitators undertook the training between 2014 and 2018.
                FEPAPDEM - National Federation of Mothers and Fathers of People with Intellectual Disability , Ecuador

              • In this uplifting image, a young African boy beams with joy as he writes using prosthetic arms. His determination and excitement are evident, symbolizing resilience and the empowering role of assistive technology. The surrounding adults watch with supportive smiles, embodying a spirit of community and encouragement in advancing inclusivity.

                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

              • Accurate navigation system for the blind and visually impaired to improve public services

                Waymap, an IT-start-up company from the United Kingdom, enables visually impaired people to orient themselves indoors and outdoors with a location accuracy of one meter. It is aimed at public transport operators, who offer the service free of charge to customers with disabilities.
                Waymap, Waymap, United Kingdom

              • A diverse group of people smiling together during a workshop titled “Inclusão além da cota” (Inclusion beyond the quota). The participants are of different genders, backgrounds, and abilities, embodying unity and equality in an inclusive learning environment.

                An accessibility framework for a global enterprise in healthcare and agriculture

                Bayer’s ENABLE framework, 'Enabling All, Excluding None', was co-developed with 70 country BRG leads and people with disabilities. Funded centrally with local rollouts, it added QR codes to ~30 products (2M users), improved 250+ brand websites and upgraded 200 sites.
                Bayer, Enabling All, Excluding None Framework, Germany