?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Scoping+Research+Report+on+Assistive+Technology+-+On+The+Road+For+Universal+Assistive+Technology+Coverage&rft.creator=Holloway%2C+C&rft.creator=Austin%2C+V&rft.creator=Barbareschi%2C+G&rft.creator=Ramos+Barajas%2C+F&rft.creator=Pannell%2C+L&rft.creator=Morgado+Ramirez%2C+D&rft.creator=Frost%2C+R&rft.creator=McKinnon%2C+I&rft.creator=Holmes%2C+C&rft.creator=Frazer%2C+R&rft.creator=Kett%2C+M&rft.creator=Groce%2C+N&rft.creator=Carew%2C+M&rft.creator=Abu-Alghaib%2C+O&rft.creator=Khasnabis%2C+C&rft.creator=Tebbutt%2C+E&rft.creator=Kobayashi%2C+E&rft.creator=Seghers%2C+F&rft.description=Over+one+billion+people+%E2%80%93+largely+disabled+people+and+older+people+%E2%80%93+are+currently+in+need+of+Assistive+Technology+(AT).+By+2050%2C+this+number+is+predicted+to+double.+Despite+the+proven+advantages+of+AT+for+disabled+and+older+people%2C+their+families%2C+and+society%2C+there+is+still+a+vast+and+stubborn+gap+between+the+need+and+the+supply%3B+currently+only+10%25+of+those+who+need+AT+currently+have+access+to+it.+This+Scoping+Research+Report+on+Assistive+Technology+(AT)+seeks+to+unpick+and+understand+the+multi-layered+and+multifaceted+ways+in+which+economic%2C+social%2C+and+political+factors+interplay+and+interact+to+create+barriers+to+AT+for+those+who+need+it+the+most.+Through+primary+and+secondary+research%2C+they+explore+the+current+landscape%2C+the+limitations%2C+and+current+initiatives%2C+ultimately+answering+the+question%3A+%E2%80%9CHow+best+should+a+target+intervention+around+AT+sphere+affect+positive+change+for+poor%2C+disabled+and+older+people+in+Global+South+priority+countries%3F%E2%80%9D.+To+understand+this+question%2C+the+research+team+asked+two+specific+questions%3A+What+are+the+barriers+which+prevent+access+to+AT+for+the+people+that+need+it%2C+with+a+focus+on+those+living+in+low+resource+settings+within+DFID+priority+Global+South+countries%3F+How+should+DFID%2C+in+partnership+with+others+best+direct+its+intervention+toward+overcoming+these+barriers%3F+The+work+reveals+that%2C+while+levels+of+AT+market+development+vary+across+countries%2C+key+barriers+are+common.+These+barriers+can+be+classified+into+5+main+categories+related+to+both+supply+and+demand+factors+and+across+the+5Ps+of+People%2C+Products%2C+Provision%2C+Personnel%2C+and+Policy.+This+work+is+part+of+the+%E2%80%98Frontier+Technology+Livestreaming%E2%80%99+programme&rft.publisher=Global+Disability+Innovation+Hub&rft.date=2018-06-30&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++Global+Disability+Innovation+Hub%3A+London%2C+UK.+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10093797%2F1%2FAT_Scoping_Report-Final.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10093797%2F&rft.rights=open