Notes from the keynote address given by Prof. Rohan Samarajiva at the “Cyril Ponnamperuma Memorial International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research 2020” in Kandy on 21 January 2020.
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Accelerating High Impact Assistive Technology for Independent Living (Project Report)
One out of every forty Indians live with a disability, yet they remain far underrepresented in all segments of daily life: experiencing lack of access to information, living with scarce livelihood opportunities, inaccessible healthcare and assistive caregiving support, confronting stigma in public infrastructure and transport, and non-contextual or unaffordable assistive tech solutions, the rights and diverse concerns of people with disabilities remain underserved. While technology has been an enabler in resolving challenges in human existence, Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) and Assistive Technologies (AT) have mainly casted exceedingly niche solutions in response to the needs of persons with disabilities.
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