As we build back ever better, we are all looking for opportunities to innovate and bring about sustainable change. The disability community have been at the centre of innovations over the years, but are often not talked about. It is our duty to support disability inclusion and boost innovation.
The insights and designs of people with disabilities have shaped technological advancements for decades. From the first typewriter invented to help a blind woman write, to the precursor of email for a deaf couple to communicate, to audiobooks initially created for the blind, to the remote control for people with limited mobility, people with disabilities have fueled innovation through principles of universal design.