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              • Ablethrive user surfing the website.

                Creating a Community of People with Paralysis

                AbleThrive has created a website that provides a wealth of information for people with paralysis and their families. Additionally, the organization host events and campaigns. From 2015 to 2018, AbleThrive has built a network of more than 240 partner organizations worldwide called AbleThrive allies to foster collaboration.
                Ablethrive, United States of America

              • Men and women on wheelchairs playing basketball.

                A community centre built on Universal Design principles

                The Mary Free Bed YMCA is a 36 acre community centre in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The facility is the first building in the world to be certified by the Global Universal Design Commission. Currently, the center has over 200 adaptive sports athletes that access the YMCA for practice, tournaments, and fitness.
                Progressive AE - Progressive Architectural Design and Engineering, United States of America

              • A graduate holds his graduation certificate next to his teacher.

                Department testing innovative approaches towards more inclusive careers for students

                 

                Since 2014, the Pathways to Careers (PTC) model has been testing different approaches to improve the qualifications and professional advancement of students with disabilities. Approaches such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) or student learning contracts with companies have already proven successful.
                Department of Labor of the US, Pathways to Careers Programme (PTC), United States of America

              • A group of four individuals stands close together at a professional event. They smile at the camera, conveying a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere. In the background, a screen reads, "We help companies hire inclusively," emphasizing a commitment to diverse hiring practices. The group appears diverse in gender and style, embodying themes of equality and teamwork in a setting that promotes inclusive employment.

                An AI framework promoting inclusive employer practices for workers with disabilities

                PEAT by the U.S. Labor Department promotes accessible technology. By mid-2024, its AI resources were accessed 130,000 times globally, aiding audits, certification, and scholarship programs.
                US Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), PEAT Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative, United States of America

              • U.S. experts providing direct consultation in Armenia

                Supporting DPOs in six countries to bring the UN CRPD to life

                Mobility International USA is an NGO led by people with disabilities. Its Global Disability RightsNow! (RN!) project partners disability organizations and legal experts in the US with disabled persons organisations (DPOs) in other countries in coordinating in-country plans to strengthen legislation and increase political participation.
                MIUSA - Mobility International USA, Global Disability RightsNow!, United States of America

              • A group of graduates in ropes are waving their hands and holding their graduation certificate up.

                Person-centred transition programme for students to post-school life

                 

                The transition programme for students aged 18 to 25 includes vocational certificates and career-readiness credentials. A complementary person-centred support service offers mentoring and tutoring, career counselling, and self-advocacy training. VAST also offers employment and internship placement assistance.
                Houston Community College, VAST Academy, United States of America

              • Performers from various backgrounds, some using wheelchairs, stand together under bright stage lights. Their colorful costumes and confident postures convey pride and belonging, celebrating diversity and inclusion within the performing arts.

                Inclusive circus setting new standards for accessible on-stage entertainment

                Omnium Circus tours inclusive shows where people with and without disabilities perform and lead. Over 40% of the team have disabilities. “I’m Possible” includes ASL, captioning, audio description and sensory-friendly adjustments. Reach: 140,000+ people.
                Circusense Inc d/b/a Omnium Circus, Inclusive Circus, United States of America

              • A visually impaired man in sunglasses and holding a white cane discusses barriers to employment for people who are blind, while a female interviewer attentively listens. The interview setting, including the U.S. Capitol in the background, reinforces the importance of advocating for workplace inclusivity for people with disabilities.

                Upskilling and matching academy to gain employment for the blind and visually impaired

                Blind Institute of Technology’s IT program in the U.S. trained 251 professionals with disabilities by 2023, helping them secure high-paying jobs in tech with accessible tools.
                Blind Institute of Technology, BIT Academy, United States of America

              • People reading documents on the laptop using the built-in learning tools.

                A comprehensive strategy to make Office 365 fully accessible

                To simplify the utilization for persons with disabilities, Microsoft 365 has been made accessible by including accessible templates, built-in learning tools, intelligent suggestions for image alt-text and an accessibility checker. Office 365 is available for home, business, enterprise and education use including free versions for students and teachers.
                Microsoft Corporation, Office 365, United States of America

              • A blind man holding a white cane in holding up a smartphone and smiling into the camera.

                Talking camera app for people who are blind using AI and augmented reality

                Seeing AI is a free app that uses the camera of devices to identify people and objects and describes them acoustically. Seeing AI can read texts, describe landscapes and emotions, and read the barcodes of products, thus helping the user to focus. In 2020 the app was available in nine languages and 70 countries.
                Microsoft Corporation, Seeing AI, United States of America