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SA launches disability-led tech innovation programme

A new initiative, the Disability Technology and Innovation Programme (DTIP), aims to place people with disabilities at the forefront of South Africa’s technology and innovation agenda. It seeks to ...
The Conversation

Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI

Elaine Short is a co-PI of AccessComputing, an organization working to increase the representation of people with disabilities in computing careers, and the co-Chair of AccessSIGCHI, a disability ...
TechCrunch

How European disability tech startups are leveraging AI

Making life better for people with disabilities is a laudable goal, but accessibility tech hasn’t traditionally been popular among VCs. In 2022, disability tech companies attracted around $4 billion ...
WREG

Borealis Philanthropy and Ford Foundation Launch $1 Million Disability x Tech Fund to Advance Leadership of People with Disabilities in Tech Innovation

Five organizations and two fellows join inaugural cohort to advance disability justice in tech. NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Borealis Philanthropy and the Ford Foundation announced ...
TechCrunch

Adaptation Ventures is a new angel investor group focused on disability and accessibility tech

The global assistive technology market was valued at more than $22 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow substantially by 2030. Despite the potential market size, many founders building tech to ...
Forbes

Disability Data Alarmingly Absent From AI Algorithmic Tools, Report Suggests

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gus Alexiou is a London-based reporter covering disability inclusion. Current AI and algorithmic decision-making tools, the use of ...