Proposal Resources
DisabilityTech Market Analysis
DisabilityTech is a market that encompasses technology solutions built for people with disabilities, including assistive technology, medical devices, and tools for social, educational, and economic access. The Howe Innovation Center at the Perkins School for the Blind has been researching the DisabilityTech market, including assessments of companies, investors, geographic reach, and more. Their initial database has over 750+ companies building products or services specifically for people with disabilities.
idea 2 IMPACT: An Intro to Translating Assistive Health Technologies
idea 2 IMPACT (i2I) is an online, 6-week course that will guide you step by step through the experience of developing an innovative and entrepreneurial idea in the area of assistive technology (AT). Each week, you will focus on a stage of the translational process as you work in teams to identify a problem, analyze stakeholders, define a solution, describe its benefits, research the competition, articulate differentiators, and create an action plan.
The Technology Translation Readiness Tool
The Technology Translation Readiness Tool will help to assess the market readiness of a proposed product (a device, freeware, instrument/tool, engineering standard or clinical guideline).
The tool was initially developed by the National Institute for Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) Initiative to Mobilize Partnerships for Successful Assistive Technology Transfer (IMPACT) Center to evaluate the market readiness of Assistive Technologies (ATs). ATs include devices, software, processes, instruments, standards, and clinical guidelines that are designed for the purpose of increasing, maintaining, or improving the functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.
Bridging Apps Database
The Bridging Apps Database is a custom-built App Search Tool from Easter Seals that allows users to shortcut the process for finding mobile apps and some web-based tools that help people with disabilities, caregivers, older adults and others. Reviews include short how-to’s, main functions, reviewer experience using the app, benefits, helpful features, and more.
M-Health Index and Navigation Database (MINDApps)
The MINDApps Database as a creation of the Division of Digital Psychiatry, a collaborative research group at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in Boston, MA. There are an estimated ten thousand mental health apps available today, offering a range of possibilities from connection with a clinician to symptom monitoring. Apps can be useful in care, but it’s important to be cautious about choosing a suitable app. This database objectively compares apps across 149 different categories.