The Monash Assistive Tech Team (MATT) is a student led and run team, using technology to forge strong interpersonal connections and promote social welfare. The team fosters collaboration, innovation, and community, all while working toward a more inclusive future.

In under two years, MATT has grown from a small group of student enthusiasts passionate about assistive technology to a large network of over 100 academics and students. MATT projects aim to make tangible impacts.

Working directly with relevant communities and those with lived experience, they have projects such as increasing STEM engagement with disability communities, designing inclusive and interactive maps to support orientation and mobility, prototypes to minimise forgetting and losing of personal items for neurodivergent individuals, and hacking game consoles and controllers to make them more accessible for students with physical needs.