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              • Participatory collection of disability data in cities to improve public service

                Kota Kita, an NGO from Solo City, Indonesia, generates a disability-inclusive profile of cities by collecting differentiated data in real time using a geo-tagging app. By involving people with disabilities, the results provide a basis for cities to take action to make them more disability-friendly.
                Kota Kita, Participatory Approach for Disability-Inclusive Cities Indonesia/Disability-Inclusive Cities Indonesia, Indonesia

              • The consultation and engagement stage of the website and JobAccess services development © JobAccess Programme, Australian Government, Department of Social Services (DSS)

                One platform for all - from assistance to incentives for employers

                 

                JobAccess Service helps people with disabilities, employers, employment service providers, and the community to access advice regarding resources, financial assistance, and workplace services. By 2016, the government-driven service has managed 245,000 enquiries and has created 2,500 job opportunities.
                Australian Department of Social Services, JobAccess Service 2016
Department of Social Services (DSS), WorkFocus Group, Australia, Australia

              • Someone recording a woman for the mobile news application.

                Easy access to news for persons with disabilities

                Newz Hook provides easy access to news for persons with hearing and visual impairments as well as intellectual disabilities. It also informs parents and special educators on innovations. Between 2016 until 2017, Newz Hook has gained 8,000 users of the app and 20,000 users who read the news every day on the website.
                BarrierBreak, Newz Hook, India

              • Two television screens projects a woman seated in a studio. One screen shows a close up shot and the other is a whole body shot.

                Teaching inclusivity for digital designers through customized video courses

                Fable Tech Labs is a Canadian start-up that provides digital accessibility services delivered by people with disabilities. This offering has been complemented by "Fable Upskill" - video-based, customer-specific online training for businesses - since 2021. In 2022, Fable worked with 80 companies.
                Fable Tech Labs, Fable Upskill, Canada

              • An Asian woman using a powered wheelchair exits an accessible elevator along a ramp. Beside her, a smartphone screen displays a map with accessibility features. The image celebrates urban design and technology that support mobility and equal access.

                Comprehensive city navigation app for users with physical and visual impairments

                Accessible Map Ecosystem is a city navigation app for wheelchair users and people with visual impairments. It offers accessible route planning, real-time guidance, crowdsourced and institutional accessibility data, photos and haptic/audio feedback. By mid-2025 it had about 95,000 users and 310,000 data points.
                Soochow Realinder Technologies Co,.Ltd, Accessible Map Ecosystem, China

              • An elderly woman and man, the latter wearing a face mask, sit at a table while a younger person helps them with a tactile art activity. The scene reflects intergenerational respect and inclusive creativity, supporting active participation regardless of age or ability.

                A portable and affordable reading device for persons with visual disabilities

                Audivision provides a low-cost portable reading stand and an offline AI smartphone app that converts printed and digital documents to speech. It enables independent access for blind and low-vision users; by 2025 over 6,300 users and 140,000 documents were processed.
                Audirivision Technologies, Audivision, India

              • An African man wearing a longsleeves and a baseball cap using a life-sized electronic tablet to register for EnableMe forum.

                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

              • Young children are sitting on the floor and looking up ito their teacher, who holds a device.

                Noise-free school model inclusive of students with hearing impairments

                Classrooms at Tres Olivos School are built with sound-absorbing materials and equipped with sound-level meters. The school has 98 teachers (including seven speech therapists and two deaf teachers) and 1,100 students who are educated from early childhood to high school and also in two vocational trainings.
                Dales la Palabra Foundation, Tres Olivos School, Spain

              • A project participant is getting individual learning support on a table with learning material.

                Promoting community-based Inclusive Education

                Sama Nepal focuses on a "base school", which includes a care centre and/or a resource class in which children with special needs are enrolled. From there they participate in mainstream school activities according to their abilities. From 2016 to 2019, 222 children with disabilities have benefited from this support.
                Sama Nepal, Including children with disabilities in mainstream schools in Nepal, Nepal

              • A young child sits in a dental chair, wearing a protective apron and holding a stuffed lion for comfort. The caring environment reflects inclusion and emotional support in healthcare, ensuring that all children feel safe and respected during treatment.

                Dental care model adapted to the needs of patients with intellectual disabilities

                Beit Issie Shapiro's person-centered dental model prepares people with intellectual disabilities using visual schedules, social stories and caregiver training, cutting general anaesthesia from 45% to 5%. The Ra'anana clinic treated 1,750 patients in 2024 and the model is funded by philanthropy.
                Beit Issie Shapiro, Dental Care for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Israel