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Why now, and where the field is going.
Announcements from the Alliance, and sourced commentary on the developments shaping rehabilitation — the RCI's reforms, the global workforce gap, and the evidence behind a shared standard. Every external claim is linked to its source.
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Policy
Why now: the RCI's 2025 reforms open the door
In October 2025 the Rehabilitation Council of India announced its most significant reforms in years. They make a voluntary standard-bearer not just possible, but necessary.
Global context
The 2.4 billion: the rehabilitation gap is a workforce gap
The World Health Organization estimates that 2.4 billion people live with a condition that would benefit from rehabilitation. The binding constraint is not need. It is trained people.
Global context
Rehabilitation 2030, and the case for a workforce alliance
WHO's Rehabilitation 2030 initiative names health-workforce capacity as a core priority. An alliance that builds that capacity to a shared standard is the practical answer.
Research
AbilityScore®, validated: the preprints are live
A standard the field can share has to be proven, not asserted. The Alliance's anchor measure is now independently validated against the instruments clinicians already trust — and the preprints are public.
Milestone
A regulator-recognised foundation: CDSCO Class B and a state manufacturing licence
The technology underneath the Alliance's standard is not a prototype. It is a regulated medical-device-grade software, classified and licensed by Indian authorities.
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