Amanprit Arnold Deaf City Strategist

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Amanprit is an experienced Deaf city strategist with a focus on inclusive design, disability inclusion and social impact.

She has delivered independent strategic advice to governments, institutions, and companies on a range of urban development and land-use challenges.

Born Deaf and discovered her strong Deaf identity in her teens. Founder of DeafCity Hub, Vice-Chair of SignHealth and Former Co-Chair, of GLA Disability Network.

Funding information:

The TIDAL Network+ is a collaboration between UCL, Strathclyde, Salford and Loughborough Universities, led by Prof Cathy Holloway, Academic Director of Global Disability Innovation Hub and Professor at UCL. The research team includes Prof Laurence Kenney (Salford University), Prof Richard Bibb (Nottingham Trent University), Prof Mikko Koria (Loughborough University) and Dr Arjan Buis (Strathclyde University). We are funded from 1st September 2021 to 31st December 2024 by the EPSRC as a Healthcare Technologies New Challenges Network Plus (EP/W000717/1).

TIDAL stands for, ‘Transformative Innovation in the Delivery of Assisted Living Products and Services’. Our purpose is to improve the quality of Assistive Technologies (AT) and hence the lives of the people who use them, their families and carers.