Engineering and social sciences are widely considered to be separate fields of practice. However, all technology we develop has the capacity to shape the society in which it is applied.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Accessibility features in mainstream technology are not as reliable as those in dedicated assistive devices.

Mike Taylor from the Digital Accessibility Centre discusses essential insights on artificial intelligence from an ...

The advent of affordable computing over the last few decades has certainly been a boon for many people with disabilities, making it easier to access things like text-to-speech technology, automation, ...

Assistive technology is expensive, and many people with disabilities live on fixed incomes. Disabled assistive tech users also must contend with equipment that was often designed without any capacity ...

Assistive technology can address the learning needs of students with disabilities and knock down barriers to inclusion in general education classrooms. But schools often face challenges in providing, ...

Olivia Felton is a PhD student in the Welker Lab, led by Assistant Professor Cara Welker, at the University of Colorado Boulder. Their main focus: to use assistive technology to help both able-bodied ...

Watch The Royal Society's short film, Technology for an Inclusive World, which accompanies its Disability Technology Report.

This 2026 scoping review explores how AI, generative vision models, and personalized routing algorithms are overcoming urban barriers like steep slopes and stairs to create a more inclusive world.