{"id":28422,"date":"2021-08-05T08:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/?page_id=28422"},"modified":"2021-09-16T08:34:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T08:34:12","slug":"wsa-impact-stories-livox","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa-impact-stories-livox\/","title":{"rendered":"WSA Impact Stories Livox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meaningful Conversations Between People Who Can And Cannot Speak \u2013 WSA Winner Livox <\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Today, one billion people need assistive products. By 2030, more than two billion people around the world are expected to need at least one assistive product, reports WHO<\/a>. Many of these people have to overcome physical barriers and obstacles every day that the other 87 percent take for granted. As our daily lives becomes more and more digital, various digital learning initiatives are making sure that the people with disabilities do not encounter the same obstacles in the digital world as in the real world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Carlos Pereira<\/a> started Livox to be able to communicate with his daughter, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and could not walk or talk.<\/strong> In Brazil alone there are more than 15 million people with disabilities who struggles to communicate.<\/p>\n\n\t\t