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              • A smartphone and smartwatch display an accessibility feature that detects important sounds like door knocks or alarms, sending alerts to the user. The technology enhances independence and safety, especially for Deaf people, showing how design can support inclusion.

                An app supporting Deaf persons with vibration alerts and text-based communication

                Taptic is a smartphone app that helps deaf users by detecting and classifying key sounds (alarms, crying babies, doorbells, sirens) with on‑device AI and alerting via vibration, flashlight and visual notifications. It also offers a premium text transcription/chat feature. Launched 2024, 2,800+ users, freemium $5/month.
                Taptic, Taptic App, United States of America

              • A man, possibly with visual impairment, uses a smartphone through touch and audio features. The photo conveys dignity and independence, showing how accessible technology empowers people to connect, learn, and participate equally in the digital era.

                Smartphone app offering AI-powered services to its users with visual disabilities

                EMVI is an AI smartphone app for people with visual impairments. It combines scene and object recognition, real-time text, colour and emotion detection, QR/barcode scanning, navigation and voice Q&A. By mid-2025 it had 7,000 users in 45 countries and is subscription funded.
                EMVI.AI, EMVI App, Belgium

              • Two Indonesian students in school uniform giggling together with another student and a woman each holding a doll.

                Sexual and reproductive education for youth with leprosy and other

                disabilities

                NLR Indonesia developed the MBIM project to educate children and adolescents with leprosy and other disabilities about their sexual and reproductive health and rights. As part of the project NLR has developed educational manuals and tools, such as pictures and videos.
                NLR Indonesia, My Body Is Mine (MBIM), Indonesia

              • Seven women wearing Sari and Hidschab seated on a bench leaning on a wall blowing balloons while another woman also wearing Sari and Hidschab is standing on the right side of the group.

                Community-based support services to persons with psychosocial disabilities

                ‘Seher Urban Community Mental Health and Inclusion’ (UCMHI) is a programme of the Indian Bapu Trust designed to promote independent living for people with psychosocial disabilities residing in urban slum settlements. In 2022 the model has been implemented in additional Indian states.
                BAPU TRUST FOR RESEARCH ON MIND AND DISCOURSE, Bapu Trust For Research on Mind & Discourse, India

              • A person on a wheelchair accessing a ramp.

                Crowd-sourced reviews on 1,000 sites across Egypt

                The app allows persons disabilities to search for venues such as shops, restaurants, and public offices that provide the accessibility features that they require. Users can request Helm to review a venue and upload it to the app, if approved, or give their own ratings. More than 1,000 people use Entaleq regularly.
                Helm Consulting, Enteleq app, Egypt

              • A comprehensive training and transition model involving hundreds of partnerships

                The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD), a non-profit organization in Bangladesh supported by CBM Australia, is helping a large number of people with disabilities to get employment, work, and vocational training. CDD works in partnership with a network of over 350 organizations both nationally and internationally.
                CDD - Centre for Disability and Development, Bangladesh

              • An app for orientation in open and closed spaces

                Installed on a smart phone, Step-Ear enables users to find their way in public surroundings using Audio-signs and pre-placed Beacons. Users can call for help in an emergency and they can communicate with public transport personnel. As of 2018, Step-Hear has placed more than 3,500 Audio signs throughout Israel.
                Step Hear, Israel

              • Erwin volunteering in a school.

                An inclusive international volunteer programme

                WeltWegWeiser is a service centre for people with disabilities who are interested in volunteering abroad. The organisation does not offer its own assignments, but advises interested people on suitable volunteer jobs based on their skills, interests and disabilities. Financial support is available for assignments.
                Jugend eine Welt, WeltWegWeiser, Austria

              • A diverse group of professionals poses together at an event dedicated to accessibility innovation. A banner for "Access to Success" in the background highlights their commitment to supporting startups focused on disability tech and inclusion. The atmosphere is one of unity, collaboration, and dedication to breaking barriers in accessibility.

                A global and free accelerator programme for start-ups building assistive technologies

                Access to Success in Canada’s ATS Labs supports accessible start-ups. From 2019-2024, it funded 60 entrepreneurs in five countries through mentorship, resources, and funding.
                Access to Success, ATS Labs, Canada

              • Steven and his mentor, Paul, in the break room at Alberta Gas © Ready, Willing and Able Initiative Brian and colleagues sharing a story in the kitchen at Liberty-Grand © Ready, Willing and Able Initiative

                Creating employer demand for inclusive hiring

                 

                By taking a demand rather than a supply focus, the initiative enters into a direct dialogue with employers, informing them why persons with intellectual disabilities make excellent employees and can fill regularly occurring vacancies. Begun in 2014 1,159 employment opportunities were secured by September 2016.
                Canadian Department of Employment and Social Development, Ready, Willing and Able Initiative (RWA) of 2014-2017
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)/Service Canada, Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) and Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorders Alliance (CASDA), Canada, Canada