Co-founder of AID Inclusive
Poornima Shukla
Parent advocate and inclusive technology builder working to improve communication, continuity of support and meaningful participation for families in the UAE and beyond.
About Poornima
Poornima Shukla is the co-founder of AID Inclusive, a platform created to help families find support, organise their child’s journey, communicate more effectively and participate more fully in their communities.
Based in Dubai, Poornima brings the perspective of a parent navigating education, therapy, communication and everyday inclusion. Her work is shaped by a simple belief: families should not have to search through disconnected systems or repeatedly rebuild their child’s story in order to receive appropriate support.
Through AID Inclusive, she is helping develop practical, family centred tools and connections across inclusive education, communication access, assistive technology and community participation. Current areas of work include the AID Inclusive Care Hub, AAC Communicator, Communication Partner Mode, Social Story Studio, service discovery and initiatives that connect families with schools, professionals and inclusive opportunities.
Poornima is particularly interested in how communication support can travel with a person across home, school and community settings. She advocates for solutions shaped with disabled people, AAC users, families, educators and professionals, not designed around assumptions about them.
Her role is not clinical. She contributes lived experience, community insight, product ideas and partnership building, and actively seeks collaboration with people who bring professional, technical, educational and institutional expertise.
Areas of focus
- Family centred inclusive technology
- Communication access and AAC awareness
- Parent and school collaboration
- Continuity of care and support information
- Inclusive community participation
- Responsible partnerships between families, professionals and institutions
Current work through AID Inclusive
Care Hub
Helping families organise routines, goals, schedules, updates, resources and the history of a child’s journey in one place.
ExploreAAC Communicator
Building accessible communication support for people who benefit from symbols, text and spoken output.
ExploreCommunication Partner Mode
Exploring a two-way experience in which a communication partner’s speech can be presented more clearly through text and symbols, making it easier for an AAC user to understand and respond.
ExploreCommunity and service connections
Helping families discover services, inclusive activities, learning resources and people who may support their journey.
ExploreWork with Poornima
Poornima welcomes conversations and collaboration with:
- Schools and inclusion leaders
- AAC and assistive technology professionals
- People of Determination organisations and advocates
- Municipalities and public space accessibility teams
- Researchers and universities
- Responsible technology and product partners
- Community organisations, funders and sponsors
- Journalists, podcast hosts and event organisers
Contact
For partnerships, speaking, research collaboration or media enquiries.
Poornima contributes lived experience as a parent advocate and works in a non-clinical capacity. Nothing on this page is medical, therapeutic or diagnostic advice.