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Tech For Disability Group

Tech For Disability is a working group in Tech London Advocates. Our vision is to realise the potential of tech to benefit disabled lives. - advocating for the needs of disabled people to tech startups and the industry. - promoting innovation in disability tech. - raising the profile of how emerging tech can serve disabled people.

Tech For Disability

Tech For Disability

Vision, Mission, Impact Our vision is to realise the potential of tech to benefit disabled lives. To achieve this, we: * advocate for the needs of disabled people to tech startups and the industry * promote innovation in disability tech * raise the profile of how emerging tech can serve disabled people Outcomes

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Tech For Disability Events

Tech London Advocates (TLA) Tech For Disability runs a regular series of Inclusive Conversations in addition to special events. We aim to connect the disabled and tech communities to facilitate the exchange and sharing of information to promote knowledge, awareness, and opportunities so technology can benefit everyone. In previous sessions,

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Seeking Volunteers

Are you passionate about Disability Tech? Join us at Tech for Disability to shape the future, create impact, and connect communities. 🌟 Are you a tech enthusiast with a heart for making a real impact? At Tech for Disability, we’re on a mission to empower and enhance the lives of

Surviving lack of understanding

Surviving lack of understanding

Neurodiversity and the dream of escaping the workforce for entrepreneurship. By Bianca Walker In a sea of green neurodivergent’s, like sunflowers, are beautiful but in many ways especially in the workforce clearly different from their counterparts. Zareen Ali told the story of how she as an autistic woman escaped

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Open Forum: Raising the Profile of Disability Tech

Tech For Disability Inclusive Conversations 2023 Open Forum: Raising Awareness of Disability Tech and what the Government needs to know from you. 28th September at 5pm UK time on Zoom. The UK Government launched a Disability Action Plan with a consultation that included raising awareness of assistive tech. Their suggestion

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London Tech Week 2023

Tech For Disability hosted two fringe events with Policy Connect during the week of 12-16 June 2023: Generative AI and Disability – A round table was co-hosted with Policy Connect on what generative AI means for disabled people and what are the impacts and benefits. Generative AI, Disability and AccessibilityYesterday, The

Disability Startups Showcase with a Show ‘n Chat

The first of our quarterly Inclusive Conversations series in 2023 kicked off with a startup showcase on Wednesday, 25th January, starting at 1700 UK time. This extended session of 90 minutes will allow for plenty of group conversation on our usual Zoom call. We scheduled 3 disability tech startups at