AT 2030 (2022) Assistive Technology in Two Humanitarian Contexts: Bangladesh and Jordan

This study explores the need for and provision of assistive technology (AT) in humanitarian contexts. Through individual interviews with AT users and their families and people working in the sector, it found that the provision of AT is ad hoc in humanitarian contexts, and largely relates to the access, availability and focus of NGO-funded projects in camps or communities. Evidence was gathered from two humanitarian response contexts - Bangladesh and Jordan - by CBM Global and their Bangladesh-based partner, Centre for Disability in Development, and HelpAge International, with the study commissioned by the Global Disability Innovation Hub.