Resources of interest to those initiating outreach to people with disabilities
This list is incomplete but includes many larger initiatives
Updated 22/7-2021
Large government or international initiatives
- GATE: WHO Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology
- ATscale: Large granting initiative to enable wheelchair provision
- AT2030: AT Research project and grants to fund research in assistive technology. Led by the Global Disability Innovation Hub.
- CLASP: Logistics for shipping wheelchairs around the globe
- ISWP: A web hub for information for wheelchair providers
- International Disability Alliance: UN alliance
Wheelchairs
- BeeLine Wheelchairs
- Motivation: A key player that has a presence in many countries
- Free Wheelchair Mission: Affordable wheelchairs
- United Cerebral Palsy Wheels for Humanity
- Hope Haven
- ROC Wheels
- Wheelchairs for Kids
- Mobility Worldwide
- Joni and Friends: Training for pastors, some wheelchairs
- Whirlwind Wheelchairs
- Global Mobility
Training programmes
- WHO wheelchair training packages: A fantastic resource
- Joni and Friends Beyond Suffering seminars
- Dalhousie University Wheelchair Skills program
- International Centre for Evidence in Disability: Parent training to reduce disability for children with disabilities, developed by the Disability Centre at the London School of Tropical Medicine
International annual meetings and networks
- ISPO: International society focused on assistive technology
- RESNA: Annual meeting and society
- ISS: International Seating Symposium: conference focused on wheelchair provision and seating related research
- AAATE: Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology
- EACD: European Academy of Childhood Disability – hosts a global conference on childhood disability, including medics, therapists, engineers and parents. Discounts for people from LMICs
- EACD Education: Useful educational resources regarding childhood disability
- AACPDM: American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine – network and international conference in childhood disability. Awards international research and collaboration grants
- PMG: Posture and Mobility Group – Network of practitioners and researchers in seating and mobility. Publishes a journal. Awards international research grants and runs a conference in the UK attended by international delegates.
Prosthetics
Foundations and organizations that seek to facilitate AT provision (in process)
