Our articles on disability and technology, assistive devices dedicated to arm mobility, the development of ORTHOPUS, and our vision of inclusive healthcare.
Our articles on disability and technology, assistive devices dedicated to arm mobility, the development of ORTHOPUS, and our vision of inclusive healthcare.

ORTHOPUS Blog

Image d'illustration pour le projet de loi sur la fin de vie
Santé solidaire
Clémence Bouron

End-of-Life Debates: A Societal Issue at the Heart of the French National Assembly

Nearly a year after the dissolution of the National Assembly initiated by Emmanuel Macron in June 2024, the review of the proposed law on end-of-life care resumes. This sensitive text continues to divide a large portion of the French population. (1,2) Double Standards What do these debates involve? Two proposed laws are on the agenda at the National Assembly: palliative

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13 May 2025
Technology & physical disability
Mona

Para Sports and Assistive Technologies: A Perfect Match

Boccia, wheelchair basketball, para-canoe, para-karate, deaf badminton: more than 40 sports are featured in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. Since the 1970s, the number of participants in disability sports federations has increased fifteenfold. At the same time, technologies for disabilities have advanced significantly. How is the enthusiasm for disability sports connected to innovations in assistive technologies? What are the broader impacts of disability sports on inclusion?

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26 March 2025
Aides techniques à la mobilité des bras
Pierre

Behind the scenes of developing the ORTHOPUS Partner

Today, we are opening the doors to the behind-the-scenes of developing the ORTHOPUS Partner, our upcoming medical device! We are revealing everything about what we still need to do, our co-design work with alpha tests, the design we aimed to achieve, and the accessories we still need to finalize…   Designed to offer greater autonomy to people living with muscle

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26 March 2025
Logbook
Mona

What you should remember about the first world report on assistive technology

Photograph David Constantine – coming from the WHO report The first Global report on assistive technology for disabilities was recently published by WHO and Unicef. They worked together for 4 years, gathering data from 70 countries in order to enlighten medical and social challenges in access to technical aids. We have read the 100 pages and sum up the critical

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26 March 2025
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