Technology Trends Report on Assistive Technology: Challenges and Opportunities survey

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* 1. Who do you represent?

User Association

Academia

UN/Government

Manufacturer

IGO/NGO

Donor Organisation

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Where are your activities based?

International

Europe

Asia-Pacific

South Asia

Latin America and the Caribbean

Africa

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What type of AT are you most interested in developing or using?

Hearing AT

Vision AT

Self-care AT

Environment-related AT

Mobility AT

Cognition AT

Communication AT

Several or all of the above

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* 4. What are the TOP THREE challenges for making appropriate AT available to end-users (please select only three boxes)?

Lack of AT policy or national AT systems

High cost of AT for health systems

Lack of sufficient range of appropriate products covered by health systems to meet user needs

Inadequate or insufficient health insurance procedures and reimbursement policies

Insufficient manufacturing capacity

Lack of investment in developing AT

No appropriate AT technical solutions available

Complexity of AT-related regulation

Complexity of AT-related standards

Lack of information/awareness of technology owners about regulation or standards

End-user training about the use of AT

Clinical professions training about the use of AT

Trade or procurement barriers for imported AT products

Intellectual Property

Lack of AT solutions that are ergonomic, aesthetically suitable or customizable

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What should be the TOP THREE priorities for AT in the future (please select only three boxes)?

AT-user involvement in the co-design of AT

Leveraging the increased AT market share due to the overlap of the needs of persons with disabilities with the ones of aging population

Leveraging the overlaps of AT with mainstream consumer products to have more varied and affordable solutions for traditional AT end-users

Integrating AT into environmental and architectural solutions and related standards

Increased user awareness of ethical considerations e.g. data collection and privacy

Addressing resistance to emerging technologies e.g. AI and Internet of Things

Identifying ways of making high/tech and emerging AT solutions available to everybody, including users in developing and least developed countries

Other (please specify)

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* 6. If intellectual property is relevant to AT, how is it relevant?

Supports investment in AT

Allows protection of intellectual property rights by rights holders

Enables licensing of intellectual property (voluntary or compulsory licensing)

Facilitates technology transfer through licensing

Enables access to products and services that are relevant to AT e.g. accessible content through IP exceptions

It is a barrier to accessing AT

It is not relevant

Other (please specify)

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* 7. If you use the intellectual property system, how have you used it?

Support R&D investment

Filing AT-related patent application(s)

Filing AT-related industrial design application(s)

Protection of IP rights

Accessing IP-protected AT through IP exceptions

Accessing IP-protected AT through licensing schemes (voluntary or compulsory)

Using patent information in the public domain (expired patents/patents which are not protected in your jurisdiction)

Other (please specify)

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* 8. What country or region offers the most favorable environment for ensuring the availability of AT according to your experience (e.g. enabling legal and regulatory framework including appropriate IP system and trade facilitation mechanisms or other considerations such as local manufacturing capacity)?

Europe

Asia-Pacific

Latin America and the Caribbean

Africa

Why? If other country or region, please specify and give reasons

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* 9. What THREE policy initiatives may support greater availability of AT by users (please select only three boxes)?

Increased and systematic support for the provision and use of AT in the workplace

Increased and systematic support for the provision and use of AT in educational establishments

Development of architectural and environmental solutions that address the needs of AT users

Training and education on the use of AT being provided to users when they are supplied with their AT

More technologically advanced AT utilizing emerging technologies including but not limited to AI

Ensuring AT is incorporated into health systems

More concrete implementation of the CRPD

Other (please specify)

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* 10. There is a gap between the development of AT policy and its implementation. How can this gap be bridged?

Increased funding for stakeholder initiatives

Increased human resources

Focus on enforcement of policy objectives

Continuity in Government policies

Increased focus on evidence based policy making

Increased link to other health policy objectives e.g. active ageing

More accountability to AT stakeholders

Other (please specify)

Technology Trends Report on Assistive Technology: Challenges and Opportunities survey

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* 1. Who do you represent?

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* 2. Where are your activities based?

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* 3. What type of AT are you most interested in developing or using?

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* 4. What are the TOP THREE challenges for making appropriate AT available to end-users (please select only three boxes)?

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* 5. What should be the TOP THREE priorities for AT in the future (please select only three boxes)?

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* 6. If intellectual property is relevant to AT, how is it relevant?

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* 7. If you use the intellectual property system, how have you used it?

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* 9. What THREE policy initiatives may support greater availability of AT by users (please select only three boxes)?

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* 10. There is a gap between the development of AT policy and its implementation. How can this gap be bridged?

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* 11. Are there other specific user needs to be met or technical challenges to be overcome for further advancements in AT?

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* 12. How can multi-stakeholder initiatives like WHO GATE, ATScale and AT2030 etc address some of the challenges in the AT space?