New Disability Action Plan confirmed for 2023 as minister meets Paralympians and opens pioneering lab at Olympic Park
Plan to build on government바카라 사이트檚 leading work improving the lives of disabled people in areas such as technology, sport and global leadership.
- Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work opens new Disability Innovation Hub ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities
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A new Disability Action Plan will be consulted on and published in 2023, the government confirmed today (02 December 2022).
The announcement follows the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Tom Pursglove MP, officially opening the brand-new Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub) research lab at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to mark the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD).
The new Disability Action Plan will set out the practical action ministers across government will take over the next two years to improve disabled people바카라 사이트檚 lives.
The policies in the Disability Action Plan will be further developed in the New Year, with a consultation expected in 2023, so that disabled people, disabled people바카라 사이트檚 organisations and other interested parties聽can have their say.
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Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Tom Pursglove MP, said:
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I바카라 사이트檒l be bringing forward our Disability Action Plan in 2023 to build on government reform of the disability agenda, underlining our global leadership on disability rights and leading the way in areas such as assistive tech and accessibility.
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The GDI Hub will be researching and creating a new generation of advanced technologies, ranging from Artificial Intelligence-powered navigation aids for visually impaired people, to using mobile communication to strengthen disabled communities.
While at the Olympic Park the minister was also welcomed to the Aquatics Centre by Paralympians, including Susannah Rodgers and Grace Harvey, to tour the state-of-the-art infrastructure and accessibility features. They spoke of their experiences competing at last year바카라 사이트檚 Paralympics and what it meant to them, as well as the impact of the London Olympics 2012 legacy work by the British Paralympic Association.
Further Information
- The government will publish more detail on the Disability Action Plan ahead of consulting on plans in 2023.
- The United Nation바카라 사이트檚 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is on Saturday 3 December. The theme is 바카라 사이트淭ransformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world바카라 사이트�.
- is made up of the University College London-led, Academic Research Centre and the associate non-profit Community Interest Company. It is a research and practice centre driving disability innovation, working with 70 partners across 41 countries.
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- The GDI Hub was founded in the legacy of the 2012 Paralympic Games. It is both an academic research centre driving disability innovation, led by University College London, and a community interest company. Research focuses on themes of inclusive design, assistive technologies, and disability arts, sports and inclusive culture. It is the world바카라 사이트檚 first centre on assistive technology to collaborate with the World Health Organisation.
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