ATscale publications

The Assistive Products Market Report 2025 provides an in-depth analysis of the demand landscape and supply chain costs within the assistive products sector. It details the significant market gaps, particularly in LMICs, where 65% to 95% of those needing products, such as wheelchairs, spectacles, hearing aids and prostheses, remain without access. The report identifies fragmented procurement, funding shortfalls, market and supply chain barriers, and policy gaps as key impediments to equitable access.

Assistive Technology  enables people to live healthier, more productive, independent, and more dignified lives than before and to participate in education, the labour market, and their communities. 

Assistive technology cuts across and is relevant to all SDGs and sectors including health, education, disability, healthy ageing, noncommunicable diseases, water and sanitation, employment, livelihoods, economic development, security, social protection, justice, environment and responses to humanitarian crises. 

This guide is an informative tool that helps readers to understand the assistive technology market and apply market assessment and shaping concepts within their own national, regional and subregional contexts. This guide outlines (i) what, broadly, the AT market is; (ii) what market assessment and shaping are; and (iii) what steps are recommended for carrying out an AT market assessment and market shaping intervention.

The report analyses markets for eyeglasses, hearing aids, prostheses, wheelchairs, and digital technology, outlining solutions to improve cost and availability.