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Promoting Person-Centered Design for Disability in Higher Education
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Welcome to newsletter #1 of EU Erasmus+
D2F project
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What
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Integrating PwD-Centered Design into university curricula to address disabilities, fostering inclusive education, and empowering students to create accessible, user-centered products and services.
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Whom
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This project is aimed at university educators, curriculum developers, and staff in educational institutions supporting inclusive education. Ultimately, it benefits students and people with disabilities by promoting a more inclusive and participatory learning experience.
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When
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The project will span 30 months, starting from December 2023. Throughout this period, an educational platform will be developed, and events and pilot activities will be organized in all participating countries.
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Project updates
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Kick-Off Meeting in Vilnius
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The Design2Freedom project officially began with its inaugural transnational meeting, held on February 29th to March 1st, 2024, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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The meeting gathered project partners from COCEMFE (Spain), Universidade da Coruna (Spain), Vilniaus Kolegija (Lithuania), Creative District (Belgium), and Technicka Univerzita v Kosiciach (Slovakia). Participants worked together to outline key concepts such as the social model of disability, universal accessibility, assistive technologies, and participatory methodologies. This initial gathering set the stage for future collaboration by establishing project milestones, results, and guidelines.
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Training for Partners (LTT1) in Madrid
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From May 29th to 31st, 2024, the Design2Freedom team convened in Madrid for a training session. The event delved into inclusive learning methodologies, design thinking process, and assistive technologies for disability. A particularly impactful part of the training was the visit to the COCEMFE Foundation Residence, where participants engaged with residents and explored how Person-Centered Design principles are applied in real life.
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Some Resources on Inclusive Design and Education
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International Events
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The world's largest education technology exhibition, featuring 600+ EdTech providers.
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22-24 January 2025, London
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European Day of Persons with Disabilities 2024 Conference
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Discussing strategies on the inclusion of people with disabilities in Europe.
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28-29 November 2024, Brussels
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Hub
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European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education
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Information on inclusive education systems in 31 member countries.
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Informative Paper
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ICCHP 2024 Open Access Compendium
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Insights into the latest advancements in assistive technologies for accessibility and inclusion.
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COCEMFE, Spain, is an NGO representing people with physical and organic disabilities. Comprising 92 organizations across the nation, COCEMFE spans the entirety of Spain, representing the primary entities serving individuals with chronic diseases. COCEMFE is the coordinator of the D2F project.
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Universidade da Coruña, Spain: public university created in 1989. Specializing on the use of innovative technologies, their initiatives encompass the creation of support products aimed at facilitating access to the information society and the development of digital content for interventions tailored to individuals with disabilities.
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Creative District is an NGO that advises, develops and promotes initiatives in the creative and cultural industries and social innovation for a sustainable impact. The organization supports entrepreneurship in the creative and cultural industries and develops tools and projects to boost and enhance the creation of jobs in this sector.
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VIKO: Institution of Higher Education is the largest accredited University in Lithuania. The university has been awarded the Knowledge Economy Forum for Innovations Diploma. In addition, every year the study programs are revised to respond to the current social and economic requirements of the labor market, meeting the needs demanded by society.
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The Technical University of Košice was founded in 1952. It meets a wide range of educational needs not only in the Eastern Slovakia region, but also in the whole of Slovakia and Central Europe as in many of the specializations it is the only center of education and research in these areas. TUKE established the Access Center for disability on July 2000, as a special pedagogical workplace for students with disabilities.
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Social Networks
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Follow us on the partners' social networks using the hashtag #Design2Freedom,
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and stay informed about our upcoming activities on our website !
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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them
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