Enabling Village aims for inclusive society

The Enabling Village is an inclusive community space that brings under one roof a range of facilities and services for persons with disabilities. 
Within the 30,000 square-metre village, visitors will find three key services – a community facility that promotes integration of persons with disabilities, a focal point for training and employment, and a showcase of accessibility and universal design, assistive technology for disabilities. 
The Enabling Village is both a community and a space. The goal is to create a place where people with different abilities can move independently, where they can feel accepted for who they are and be valued for their contributions.
It is a community space combining retail, lifestyle and training in an all-accessible public space.

Tech Able
The Enabling Village is home to Tech Able, an integrated assistive technology space.
An initiative by SG Enable and SPD, Tech Able provides assistive device assessment services while doubling as a technology showcase.
It also offers a workspace to collaborate with other innovators, makers and marketers. They can test their ideas and products with both able-bodied and disabled users. Tech Able’s experiential space allows for testing products for the visually- and hearing-impaired in a fully-equipped soundproof and lightproof room. It also has a communications lab and an assistive technologies showroom. 
It provides an independent living showcase where visitors can see universal design and assistive technologies in the context of a simulated living and working space. This helps users with disabilities make informed decisions about assistive technologies for their offices and home.