Group Identifies Gap Among PWDs In Assistive Tech Acquisition

sustainability by coordinating synergy amongst technology and telecommunications stakeholders, has released a publication on its website addressing the lack of equity experienced by people with disabilities when acquiring assistive technology.

The pressing need and demand for assistive technology is because it has the ability to provide access to quality education as well as improve health and well-being while reducing inequality. Unfortunately, of the one billion people estimated by the World Health Organisation to need assistive technology globally, only 10 per cent get access to it. It’s even worse in low- and mid-income countries like Nigeria, where national assistive product service delivery does not exist.

The paper goes ahead to emphasize the existing gaps in the delivery of assistive technology to those who need it in Nigeria and highlights how assistive technology is crucial to achieving inclusion of the entire population in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals as it prevents specific members of the population from being isolated in poverty, poor health, and poor quality of life.

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