With audio description in English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qretWnmHP50

With audio description in French

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkShnJHXyKM

With audio description in Spanish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7VgqokpS_o

This 45 second film shows Times Square on 23 September 2024 as campaigners came together to call on decision-makers, gathered In New York for the United Nations General Assembly, to prioritize policies that will improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people, including those with disabilities, chronic health conditions, physical impairments, and older people around the world. Huge billboards in Times Square unveiled a giant eye test, believed to be the largest ever displayed. The eye test transformed into a powerful message: “Need Glasses? one billion people around the world do today”, highlighting one of several life-transforming assistive products campaigners are calling for better access to.

Currently, more than 2.5 billion people need one or more assistive product, such as wheelchairs, prostheses, glasses, hearing aids and digital devices, worldwide – expected to rise to 3.5 billion by 2050 if policymakers continue to neglect the issue and choose not to increase investment. It is low-middle income countries that shoulder the highest burden, with only 10% of people in low-income countries able to access the products they need, leading to hundreds of millions of people today effectively ‘locked-out’ of education and the workforce. Find out more here: https://unlocktheeveryday.org/press-release/ 

????Let’s unlock the everyday for everyone, everywhere. 

#UnlockTheEveryday #SummitOfTheFuture #UNGA79