News & Analysis
Vic govt gives entrepreneurs with disability funding boost
Between now and May, the Victorian government is offering an initiative to support the growth of businesses run by people with disability.
Profiles
It’s designers who can make gaming more accessible for people living with disabilities
Despite the celebratory discourse around gaming’s increased accessibility, serious efforts to make gaming accessible to people living with disability remain rare.
News & Analysis
SA startup Good Scout Travel Company helps users find and plan accessible experiences
A passion to help people living with a disability access adventure experiences and plan travel has seen Clair Crowley, founder of The Good Scout Travel Company, pick up the Golden eNVIe at this year’s annual awards.
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Aussie EduTech founders place more importance on diversity than other startups
A notable trend in the Australian EduTech space right now is an acute awareness around the need to proactively support particular niche groups.
Profiles
myCSN is a care marketplace developing an online connection network for seniors
Care Support Network (myCSN) is an online marketplace connecting elderly and users with disabilities to cares, while offering a peer connecting network.
Profiles
Seeva is an online marketplace helping users find and connect with disability service providers
Seeva is an online marketplace allowing carers and users with disabilities to find, connect and book disability service providers.
Profiles
Home Care Heroes connects everyday people to care seekers for domestic assistance and companionship
Sydney startup Home Care Heroes has created a platform connecting everyday people with those in their communities who need domestic assistance and companionship.
Profiles
MyDisabilityMatters is a social media platform offering the disabled community a private version of Facebook
MyDisabilityMatters looks to tackle the problems facing people with disabilities on mainstream social media platforms by providing an exclusive space.
News & Analysis
Sydney healthtech startup Better Caring raises $3 million from Ellerston Ventures
Better Caring, a peer-to-peer marketplace for aged care and disability support services has today announced a raise of $3 million from Ellerston Ventures.
Profiles
New Zealand startup Thought-Wired allows people with severe disabilities to communicate using their brain waves
Auckland-based social enterprise startup Thought-Wired is building a thought-controlled communication solution for people who have severe disabilities and cannot move or talk. The healthtech system is applied to people who are essentially paralysed either because of the condition they were born with like cerebral palsy or something they acquired later in life like a spinal cord injury.
Profiles
Wellington-based startup Swibo gamifies physiotherapy by turning smartphones into balance boards
Swibo is a Wellington-based startup that provides physiotherapists with a balance training app to gamify the recovery and rehabilitation process of their patients. Swibo gamifies physiotherapy by transforming a user’s smartphone into a balance board.
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Sydney startup Hireup allows Australians with disabilities to find and hire support workers
Sydney startup Hireup has created a platform to help people with a disability find, hire and manage their very own support workers. The purpose of the startup is to help people with a disability make important and personal connections with the people who care for them day in and day out.
Brains Trust
How technology can change the lives of people with a disability
Over the past 30 years, we have witnessed as technology has permeated nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Advances in technology have affected everything – from how we work with one another, how we shop right through to how we connect with our loved ones.
News & Analysis
Cerebral Palsy Alliance and Telstra Foundation launch disability-focused accelerator Remarkable
This week will see the launch of Remarkable, Australia’s first disability-focused impact accelerator, which aims to find new ways of using technology to transform people’s lives.
Profiles
Sydney healthtech startup AbilityMate creates 3D printed devices for people with a disability
Sydney startup AbilityMate harnesses 3D printing technology to make personalised devices for people with a disability. These devices are open source and disrupt the assistive technology space by removing supply chains
