It is quite concerning that in a wealthy country, famous for having one of the most equitable health-care systems in the world with free access to care services for everyone, such an unmet need and such sex and socioeconomic inequities are found. Given England's health-care system, we wonder what the situation is like in other countries—and fear that it is probably not any better. Taking the WHO and UNICEF global report into consideration, it would be necessary to develop international guidelines for assistive technology provision, as proposed by Layton and colleagues.4 Such guidelines could have an important role in ensuring high-quality and equitable assistive technology provision across countries.