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Today, we want to excitedly share Alice's journey. A child whose rare genetic disorder has shaped not only her own life but also the life of her devoted mother, Roxanne Borisov. Their journey is one of resilience, love, and an unbreakable bond that defies the limitations of a medical diagnosis. Alice, an eight-year-old girl with an extremely rare condition known as CASK gene disorder, is one of 300 children in the world diagnosed with this condition. Alice has the most sever

This initiative is a systemic disruption of the Assistive Technology (AT) market which will allow a leap forward in the quality of care available to children and adults. By leveraging the harmonized logistics of the European Single Market and the digital scalability of AI-driven clinical support, we are bridging the wide gap between cheap disposable AT, like pharmacy crutches, and shockingly high cost AT procured by wealthy governments. Participant, a Benefit Corporation, is

Djamila Moussa lives in Niamey, at the edge of the Sahara desert, and works as an artisan craftswoman. She enjoys playing basketball in her free time and caring for her two daughters. A little over a year ago, she started using a Wildebeest wheelchair, which has wide tires and seemed like a good idea in the sandy city. To the north is the Sahara desert and the Savanna is to the south. This massive, semi-arid transition zone is called the Sahel and it stretches from Senegal in

Following the World Health Organization’s call for manufacturers to offer affordable assistive products, Participant developed the Cub to fill a widely acknowledged product gap. Cub is a modular, folding, tilt-in-space wheelchair with a full range of postural support devices and good all-terrain performance. The Cub will be offered with tiered pricing to be affordable for children everywhere. Through a co-creative process, the design received input from over 200 people from 4