Over one billion people – about 15 per cent of the global population – live with some form of disability and this number is increasing, according to the World Health Organisation.
Key2Enable, which started operations in Brazil in 2015 before opening a base in the US in 2018, set out to create a more inclusive educational experience for students with a range of physical and intellectual disabilities.
The company developed Key-X, a nine-button multi-functional smart keyboard that helps people of determination to use computers, tablets and smartphones for learning, communicating and gaming as part of its complete education platform.
The idea is to give children and adults with various disabilities – ranging from cerebral palsy, severe autism, Down syndrome, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s – greater autonomy and an inclusive learning experience through eye blinks and slight body gestures.
Zayed Higher Organisation , Sultan bin Abdulaziz City for Humanitarian Services sign MoU to enhance cooperation
ABU DHABI, 12th January, 2021 (WAM) Zayed Higher Organisation for People of Determination (ZHO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sultan Bin Abdulaziz City for Humanitarian Services, one of the projects of the Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Charitable Foundation in Saudi Arabia on the exchange of experiences in the field of research and development, and treatment and rehabilitation programmes for people of determination to build cooperation in providing advanced international levels of medical and rehabilitation care.
The MoU was signed by Abdullah Abdulalee Al-Humaidan, Secretary-General of the ZHO and on behalf of the Sultan bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Abdullah bin Hamad bin Zarah, CEO. Both of them attended the signing ceremony that took place through remote visual communication techniques along with several officials from both sides.