Access and Inclusion Services

David Banes Access and Inclusion Services

Projects & approach

Work designed around the context, the people affected and what needs to change after the report is delivered.

How we work

  1. Understand the context. Establish the policy, service, market or technology landscape.
  2. Listen to people. Engage disabled people, users, practitioners, decision-makers and other stakeholders.
  3. Build the evidence. Combine research, data, lived experience and practical constraints.
  4. Design the response. Develop options that are realistic for the local environment.
  5. Support implementation. Translate recommendations into actions, responsibilities, milestones and measures.

Current themes

Disability-inclusive AI

Moving inclusion upstream into the design, governance and deployment of AI.

AT ecosystems

Building sustainable routes from awareness and assessment to provision, support and outcomes.

Personalised AAC

Exploring culturally relevant symbols, AI-supported personalisation and communication autonomy.

Evaluation

Showing what works through outcome measures, lived-experience evidence and organisational impact.

Research to practice

Helping innovations move beyond pilots and publications into services and markets.

International development

Contextualising technology, services and policy for different languages, cultures and resource settings.