Awareness and Capacity building for ChangEs in policy SchemeS for disability towards incLusive societies
Doors may be open again, but some theatres remain inaccessible for disabled audiences. Online performances have helped – but many have already stopped streaming Going to the theatre in a pre-pandemic world, my first question was always whether I could use the toilets. With so many of the UK’s theatres dating back decades, or […]
In the age of inclusivity, making resources more accessible is the way forward for organisations and institutions across all industries. For the heritage and cultural sector, this most certainly begins with upgrading a museum, gallery or heritage site’s physical accessibility; but it must also stretch beyond the walls of the museum, out into the community […]
Luxembourg City is the winner of the European Union Access City Awards 2022 for its outstanding efforts to become barrier-free and accessible to all people with disabilities. Around 87 million people in the EU live with a disability. The announcement was made on 3 December at the annual European Day of People with Disability event […]
Πρώτη Μέρα Στις 5 και 6 Απριλίου του 2022, πραγματοποιήθηκε η τρίτη διεθνική συνάντηση των εταίρων του έργου ACCESS4All (2η συνάντηση του έργου με φυσική παρουσία) στις εγκαταστάσεις του οργανισμού TANDEM PLUS στην πόλη Λιλ της Γαλλίας. Ο κύριος σκοπός της συνάντησης ήταν να συζητηθεί η εξέλιξη του έργου καθώς και η υλοποίηση των πρώτων […]
Autistic people face very high level of discrimination in all aspects of life. When it comes to employment, according to the European Parliament, the success rate of autistic people is a shockingly 10% or less. What barriers do you believe people with autism are facing when it comes to employability? People with autism […]
“When the fighting broke out, we fled to the UN compound and we left my mother and brother-in-law behind because they couldn’t walk, and we couldn’t carry them. The son of my brother-in-law, who had a mental health condition, would not leave his father behind so they all burned together in the fire.” Female on […]
What Altereos has taught us The 3rd Transnational Project Meeting took place in Lille on the 4th and 5th of April. All partners of the ACCESS4ALL project traveled from 6 countries (Greece, Italy, Austria, Spain, Cyprus and France) to discuss the progress of the project implementation and its dissemination activities. The consortium also had the […]
Get Involved! Submit your resources to be featured. Every March, the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) and its partners collaborate to observe Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (DDAM). The initiative highlights the many ways in which people with and without disabilities come together to form strong, diverse communities. The campaign seeks to raise awareness about the […]
How do the SDGs support the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities? The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 SDGs provide a powerful framework to guide local communities, countries and the international community toward the achievement of disability-inclusive development. The Sustainable Development Goals bring an excellent opportunity to work together towards the implementation […]
A Professional qualification course for a catering operator by FOLIAS Today we tell you about a good practice of one of our associated partners, the Folias Cooperativa Sociale, located in the province of Rome. Last summer, after more than a year of training, Folias Formazione achieved great goals with the RistorAbile Project: the realisation […]
