The Case for Investing in Assistive Technology
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The Case for Investing in Assistive Technology
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CONTRIBUTING ORGANISATIONS
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FOREWORD
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Table of contents
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 Benefits of Assistive Technology
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Economic benefits
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Health benefits
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Social benefits
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Chapter 3: Return on investing in assistive technology
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Chapter 4: Progress to date and the path ahead
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Chapter 5: The role of ATscale, the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology
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Chapter 6: A call to action
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ANNEX A: Modelling methodology
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ANNEX B: Acronyms
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REFERENCES
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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