--- title: "Transforming the Lives of Millions of People with Disabilities Around the World | Alvaro Rios" url: https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/life/transforming-lives-millions-people-disabilities-around-world-alvaro-rios/ --- 1. [HOME](/) 2. [RESOURCES](/content-hub/) 3. [SEEDSTARS LIFE](/content-hub/life/) 4. TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AROUND THE WORLD | ALVARO RIOS ![Alvaro Rios - Podcast](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/5.max-1500x500.jpg) LATIN AMERICA • HEALTHCARE & TECHNOLOGY ## Transforming the Lives of Millions of People with Disabilities Around the World | Alvaro Rios Seedstars Global MARCH 15, 2020 After watching the US TV show “The Six Million Dollar Man” at the age of 5 in Colombia, Alvaro Rio, founder of [**Human Assistive Technologies**](https://slack-redir.net/link?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhatechnologies.org%2F), knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life. It was his passion to explore how technology could support and enhance the human experience through the use of bionics. This wasn’t a surprising choice of career given the path trodden by his lifelong hero, his father who dedicated his life to providing healthcare and housing to people in his home country of Colombia. Considered a thought leader and visionary in the healthcare industry, Alvaro clearly understands all the challenges physically impaired individuals, families and medical professionals in emerging countries around the world are facing. He and his team share a passion for creating solutions capable of transforming real-life healthcare problems for people with injuries. This is truly a journey of the heart. **The podcast is also available in the video format:** PODCAST / VIDEOCAST SEEDSTARS PODCASTS SEEDSTARS WORLD 2019/20 LATIN AMERICA PERU HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY HEALTHCARE IT HEALTHTECH ## More like this [ ![None](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/tushar-thumbnail.max-320x550.png) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • HEALTHCARE Parenting Made Easy With Pregnancy and Child Health Management App Nurturey | Tushar Srivastava __ ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/life/parenting-made-easy-pregnancy-and-child-health-management-app-nurturey-tushar-srivastava/) [ ![None](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Ziad_thumbnail.max-320x550.png) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • HEALTHCARE Change The Way You Manage Your Diabetes With Spike | Ziad __ ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/life/change-way-you-manage-your-diabetes-spike-ziad/) [ ![The Mag](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/accessiblity.max-320x550.png) GLOBAL • HEALTHCARE The Mag: Accessibility According to the World Bank research, one billion people, or 15% of the world’s population, experience some form of disability, with prevalence higher in developing countries. __ ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/life/mag-accessibility/) [ ![Marc Berrebi](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/P1.max-320x550.png) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • HEALTHCARE From $100 M USD Exit to Street Art Activism | Marc Berrebi It is difficult to present Marc Berrebi in just a few sentences. An entrepreneur since he can remember, but an artist at heart, this multi-exit founder has, what one could say, lived it all. __ ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/life/100-m-usd-exit-street-art-activism-marc-berrebi/) [ ![Transforming Access to Mental Health Across MENA](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Ahmed_Abu.max-320x550.png) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • HEALTHCARE How One Man Is Transforming Access to Mental Health Across MENA | Ahmed Abu Elhaz Being a developer, Ahmed created a website to connect therapists to their clients for Arab people all over the world. __ ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/life/how-one-man-transforming-access-mental-health-across-mena-ahmed-abu-elhaz/) [ ![Bringing Sound and Sight](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Untitled_design_42.max-320x550.png) LATIN AMERICA • HEALTHCARE Bringing Sound and Sight to Over 700 Million People Worldwide | Hugo Jácome Andrade Hugo’s entrepreneurial journey started at a very young age when he was at primary school and selling dinosaur drawings during breaks. __ ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/life/bringing-sound-and-sight-to-over-700-million-people-worldwide-hugo-j%C3%A1come-andrade/) [ ![Tania Douglas](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Tania.max-320x550.png) GLOBAL • TECHNOLOGY Tania Douglas: HealthTech Is Not Only About Tech In her speech, she addresses the global health issues and how they can be tackled with the technology in a smart way. __ ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/life/tania-douglas-healthtech-not-only-about-tech/) --- ## Sitemap - [Sitemap](https://www.seedstars.com/sitemap.md): every public page on this site - [llms.txt](https://www.seedstars.com/llms.txt): what Seedstars does and where to start