Mobility is an essential requirement for both personal independence and social participation. For persons with an ambulatory disability, a lack of mobility creates barriers to the realization of these goals. In the West, a great deal of research and development has resulted in the technological advancement of assistive devices. Unfortunately, transfer of these technologies to developing countries has proven difficult. It is estimated that there are an astounding 20 million persons in developing countries who could benefit from a mobility device. Effort has been directed at designing appropriate technology in these countries - most often in the form of wheelchairs and hand-driven tricycles. For activities within and around the home, however, especially in cultures where many activities are traditionally performed on the floor, wheelchairs and tricycles are often inappropriate solutions. In response to this, a novel mobility device has been designed for use by women with a lower extremity disability living in rural and low-income areas of India. The device is intended to assist the user in performing activities of daily living which occur within and near the home, and at ground level. To this end, the device conceptually differs from traditional wheelchair designs in that it physically keeps the rider near to the floor. The design has been labeled a (Gound-level short-range Assistive mobility Device (GADI). This thesis documents the cross-cultural and cross-professional collaborative process by which this new device was designed, developed, and fabricated.