EXCLUSIVE: A day in the life of an assistive technology design and innovation manager
Keir Haines, Design and Innovation Manager, has worked for Designability for 10 years. Designability is a Bath-based design charity that creates products and services with…
Accessible pushchair for wheelchair users wins innovation award
Designability’s accessible pushchair for wheelchair users was announced the winner of The Baby Products Association’s 2023 Concept and Innovation Award at the International Nursery Fair…
“Revolutionary” accessible pushchair for wheelchair users will launch this month
Bath-based design charity Designability will launch its “groundbreaking” accessible pushchair for wheelchair users at Harrogate’s International Nursery Fair later this month. The pushchair, which can…
Young children to benefit from £54k grant to provide free powerchairs
A national design charity has received a grant of £54,000 to provide free powerchairs to children whose mobility is affected by conditions such as cerebral…
Call for disabled parents to capture photographs of a pushchair for wheelchair users
Disability design charity Designability is calling for parents that are manual wheelchair users to capture some photographs of the final prototype of its pushchair for…
Design Guidance on public electric vehicle charging launches to ensure accessibility for all users
Bath-based design charity Designability has announced the launch of the Design Guidance for accessible public electric vehicle (EV) charging. Designability has worked in partnership with…
Disability equipment charity works on creating pushchair for wheelchair users
Bath-based design charity Designability is working on a project to create a widely available pushchair for wheelchair users to address the current gap in the…
VIDEO: Designability shares video about a day in the life of a mechanical engineer
Bath-based design charity Designability has shared a video about what it's like to live a 'day in the life' of one of the charity’s mechanical…
Call for donations to help reduce waiting times for disabled children needing powerchairs
Designability, a Bath-based design charity, has launched a fundraising appeal so that it can help tackle the backlog of disabled children requiring powerchairs, who are…
Free lecture announced on developing assistive products for disabled people and how to make assistive tech work better for users
Credit: Designability Bath-based charity Designability is holding its 51st free annual lecture, which will look at developing assistive products for one person versus mass production…