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Holistic support system from early childhood to vocational training
"Learn for life" provides a range of support mechanisms for children with disabilities at all stages of schooling, from early childhood intervention to vocational training. Local disabled person’s organizations assume leadership of the programme and continue the work after its support is phased out.
DRRA - Disabled Rehabilitation and Research Association, Learn for Life, Bangladesh -
Learn, try, and test assistive technology
"Tech Able" lets visitors experience assistive technologies and encourages innovators, manufacturers, and marketers to collaborate. Tech Able also houses a communications lab for persons with disabilities. More than 800 people have benefitted from Tech Able between 2015 and 2018.
SG Enable, "Tech Able“ Showroom, Singapore -
High-tech based vocational training for deaf students and job placement in technology companies
Changsha College in China trains deaf jobseekers with ICT tools and specialized courses. In 2024, 282 students enrolled, maintaining a 96% graduate employment rate over three years.
Changsha Vocational and Technical College, Open, Inclusive, and Innovative: Driving Sustainable Career Development for the Deaf programme, China -
Vision device to understand texts and identify objects
OrCam MyEye enables people who are blind or visually impaired to instantly and discreetly read text from any surface as well as to recognize faces and objects. The device consists of a camera and a microphone mounted on the frame of a pair of eyeglasses and a little box-like base unit, that can be clipped to a belt.
OrCam, MyEye, Israel -
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 -
Felting and knitting skills as the key to self-employment
EPSA produces and sells a variety of felting and knitting products made by young women with disabilities. Participants in their vocational training are provided with meals and accommodations. Since 2009, almost 400 young women have benefited from being trained and equipped to work on a self-employment base.
EPSA - Entire Power in Social Action, Employment programme for young women with physical disabilities., Nepal -
Universal training and job services for persons with psychosocial disabilities
Shekulo Tov provides job-seeking people with psychosocial disabilities with constant and flexible support. Job applicants are offered a number of options, including vocational rehabilitation, skills development, and training programmes. Participants also receive training to measure their professional progress.
Shekulo Tov Group, vocational rehabilitation training, Israel -
A large-scale textile manufacturer establishing Supported Employment Officers to boost inclusive employment
MAS Holdings in Sri Lanka employs 450+ workers with disabilities via the Supported Employment Process. By 2024, 19 SEOs trained to aid inclusivity across the organization.
MAS Holdings, Supported Employment Process, Sri Lanka -
A work coach model for persons with intellectual disabilities
The Sana employment project consists of four phases: assessment, job matching, evaluation, and training by work coaches. The project started in 2015 with one hotel in Amman. As of mid-2020 the programme has completed training of 150 participants, of whom 80 have received employment.
Sana for Special Individuals, Sana Work Program, Jordan -
A clinically validated app empowering non-specialist users for eye care services
Peek is a clinically validated software and data platform for eye health. It enables trained non-specialists to screen people, manage secure referrals and follow-up, and gives programme managers actionable analytics. Used in low-resource settings, it screened 16 million people and linked 1.6 million to care.
Peek Vision Foundation, Peek-powered Eye Health Programmes, Pakistan