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

• Hope to Walk
• Legworks
• LIMBS
• LN-4 hand
• Open Gate Prosthetics

Foundations and organizations that seek to facilitate AT provision (in process)

• Humanity and Inclusion
• Liliane Foundation
• Cheshire Foundation
• Walkabout Foundation
• American Wheelchair Mission
• Wheelchair Foundation