Assistive Futures

Reimagining Ability Through Intelligent Local Technologies

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Our Mission

Assistive Futures emerges as an epistemically grounded, computationally ambitious initiative rethinking what it means to design technologies with, for, and led by Persons with Disabilities. We reject colonial assistive imports that lock African users into dependency, surveillance, and inaccessible proprietary ecosystems.

African person with disability using technology
Empowering Communities
Technology accessibility
Inclusive Innovation
Digital accessibility
Digital Justice

Intelligent Systems

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Sign Language AI

First fully indigenous Uganda Sign Language (USL) AI ecosystem with real-time bidirectional translation and educational tools.

Autonomous Mobility

Context-aware mobility intelligence including autonomous wheelchairs designed for African terrains and environments.

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Acoustic Navigation

AI systems that interpret acoustic environments, creating computational sensory prosthesis for blind users.

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Tactile Interfaces

Exploring interfaces beyond visual paradigms with haptic communication devices and tactile educational tablets.

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Accessible Transport

eSaferide platform adapted for wheelchair-compatible vehicles and disability-aware route optimization.

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Health Support AI

Contextual health support including medication adherence companions and healthcare intake assistants.

Our Approach

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Assistive Futures imagines a world where disability is not a site of deficit, but a site of computational creativity, design justice, and radical technological possibility.

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