eprintid: 10093797 rev_number: 32 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/09/37/97 datestamp: 2022-12-12 11:16:01 lastmod: 2022-12-12 11:16:01 status_changed: 2022-12-12 11:16:01 type: report metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Holloway, C creators_name: Austin, V creators_name: Barbareschi, G creators_name: Ramos Barajas, F creators_name: Pannell, L creators_name: Morgado Ramirez, D creators_name: Frost, R creators_name: McKinnon, I creators_name: Holmes, C creators_name: Frazer, R creators_name: Kett, M creators_name: Groce, N creators_name: Carew, M creators_name: Abu-Alghaib, O creators_name: Khasnabis, C creators_name: Tebbutt, E creators_name: Kobayashi, E creators_name: Seghers, F title: Scoping Research Report on Assistive Technology - On The Road For Universal Assistive Technology Coverage ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: D12 divisions: G19 divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F48 divisions: C04 divisions: F32 note: © Crown copyright. All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ abstract: Over one billion people – largely disabled people and older people – are currently in need of Assistive Technology (AT). By 2050, this number is predicted to double. Despite the proven advantages of AT for disabled and older people, their families, and society, there is still a vast and stubborn gap between the need and the supply; currently only 10% 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, social, and political factors interplay and interact to create barriers to AT for those who need it the most. Through primary and secondary research, they explore the current landscape, the limitations, and current initiatives, ultimately answering the question: “How best should a target intervention around AT sphere affect positive change for poor, disabled and older people in Global South priority countries?”. To understand this question, the research team asked two specific questions: What are the barriers which prevent access to AT for the people that need it, with a focus on those living in low resource settings within DFID priority Global South countries? How should DFID, in partnership with others best direct its intervention toward overcoming these barriers? The work reveals that, while levels of AT market development vary across countries, 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, Products, Provision, Personnel, and Policy. This work is part of the ‘Frontier Technology Livestreaming’ programme date: 2018-06-30 date_type: published publisher: Global Disability Innovation Hub official_url: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d1f5a2fed915d0bbba6bf15/AT_Scoping_Report-Final.pdf oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green commissioning_body: Department for International Development verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1773176 confidential: false lyricists_name: Austin, Victoria lyricists_name: Barbareschi, Giulia lyricists_name: Carew, Mark lyricists_name: Groce, Nora lyricists_name: Holloway, Catherine lyricists_name: Kett, Maria lyricists_name: Morgado Ramirez, Dafne lyricists_name: Ramos Barajas, Felipe lyricists_id: VPAUS03 lyricists_id: GBARB38 lyricists_id: MCARE67 lyricists_id: NEGRO89 lyricists_id: CSHOL54 lyricists_id: MEKET00 lyricists_id: DZMOR81 lyricists_id: FRAMO56 actors_name: Morgado Ramirez, Dafne actors_id: DZMOR81 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public place_of_pub: London, UK pages: 124 citation: Holloway, C; Austin, V; Barbareschi, G; Ramos Barajas, F; Pannell, L; Morgado Ramirez, D; Frost, R; + view all <#> Holloway, C; Austin, V; Barbareschi, G; Ramos Barajas, F; Pannell, L; Morgado Ramirez, D; Frost, R; McKinnon, I; Holmes, C; Frazer, R; Kett, M; Groce, N; Carew, M; Abu-Alghaib, O; Khasnabis, C; Tebbutt, E; Kobayashi, E; Seghers, F; - view fewer <#> (2018) Scoping Research Report on Assistive Technology - On The Road For Universal Assistive Technology Coverage. Global Disability Innovation Hub: London, UK. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10093797/1/AT_Scoping_Report-Final.pdf