Access to adaptive technology is not determined by product availability alone. It depends on who identifies the need, where a family lives, what can be funded, how equipment is fitted and whether follow-up support exists.
A fragmented pathway
Families may move between hospitals, private therapists, charitable organisations, local vendors and online communities. Each may hold a useful fragment of knowledge. Few hold the full pathway.
The role of informal intelligence
Parents frequently learn about devices, suppliers and funding routes through other families. This knowledge can be practical and current, but it is unevenly distributed and difficult to validate.
AXLab’s India programme will map where formal provision and informal navigation interact, with careful attention to regional variation rather than treating India as one care system.