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Leonard Cheshire Universal design and assistive technology Technology has changed the way most of us think, behave, live and work Videoconference and cloud technology AI Smartphones Universal design should be at the centre of


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Leonard Cheshire

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Universal design and assistive technology

  • Technology has changed the way most of us

think, behave, live and work

  • Videoconference and cloud technology
  • AI
  • Smartphones
  • Universal design should be at the centre of

workplace solutions.

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Inclusive Employment and Innovation

▪ Economic Empowerment programmes

  • Virtual Resource Centres
  • Jobability platform
  • Change 100

▪ Research and Innovation

  • Additional cost of disability – employment
  • Digital employment pathways

▪ Innovation to Inclusion (i2i)

  • Testing innovative technology-based solutions for

persons with disabilities to access and retain jobs in private sector in Kenya and Bangladesh

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▪ Mysense.AI: Predictive health analytics ▪ Grid3: Improving communication options for people with

communication impairments

▪ Upcoming project with Google to advance speech

comprehension with Google Assistant

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Technology for Inclusion – Innovation and Partnerships

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Thank yo you

www.leonardcheshire.org