Many of the computers are given to people who are visually impaired or suffer from paralysis. The computers are equipped with assistive technologies specifically developed by disabled computer pioneers to aid disabled users. The computers improve the quality of life for the disabled by giving them access to the outside world and helping them learn to live as self-sufficiently as possible. More than 600 projects from all over the world competed for the Stockholm Challenge Award 2000. The Stockholm Challenge Award is a non-profit initiative of the City of Stockholm, Sweden, in partnership with the European Commission.
Projects come from the private, public, and academic sectors.
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