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European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities
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EASPD is the European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities and represents over 20,000 support services for persons with disabilities across Europe.
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We promote equal opportunities for people with disabilities through effective and high-quality service systems.
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Inclusive Living
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Technology
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Early Childhood Intervention
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Arts and Culture
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Workforce Development
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Funding of Social Services
When done right, quality care and support enables people to live independently, in the community, to make choices, and to have control over their lives.
James Crowe, EASPD President
Inclusion in telework!
Traditionally, persons with disabilities have been facing technological barriers in work ecosystems. These barriers were much more noticeable at the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic with the rapid increase of telework applications such as videoconferencing platforms. Finding solutions for various gaps that exist in teleworking is fast becoming a priority. But where do we begin?
ONCE Foundation is organising a webinar on 27 April from 10:00 to 11:30h CEST, "Accessibility: the key for inclusive teleworking", which will take have European-level representatives of groups of people with disabilities discuss the needs and technological barriers that some users face when teleworking, a situation especially aggravated with the start of COVID-19 that forcibly moved the office to other remote environments.
The event is a part of the ACCESSIBILITECH project with Lidia Best, president of the European Federation of the Hearing Impaired; Cristian Sainz, CIO of ONCE; and Soufiane El Amrani, expert in easy-to-read formats from Inclusion Europe speaking at the event.
Also participating will be experts from leading technology corporations such as Christopher Patnoe, Head of Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion at Google in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and a representative from Zoom Video Communications, Inc. who will talk about the strategies and measures they have implemented to solve the major challenges of accessibility in teleworking.
The webinar will be conducted in English and will include international sign language interpretation and English subtitling.
- B-WISE partners finish their trial run of their Training Curricula!
The B-WISE project has finished the trial run of their Training Curricula for the WISE sector and has concrete next steps.
- Nominate your social innovation project!
The European Competence Centre for Social Innovation is looking for 5 initiatives to be showcased at the Social Innovation Forum 2024.
- The Be a Volunteer! Project partners met in Budapest
The Be a Volunteer! project partners finally met up in Budapest, this March, for their first project meeting.
- Take part in the ICALL survey on good practices in community development and inclusive living for persons with disabilities
Do you have 15 minutes and know a good practice on community development and inclusive living to share? Then complete the ICALL survey now!
- Driving Inclusive Employment: Insights from CO-RESP Project's Transnational Events
In March, the CO-RESP partners held two events in Brussels: a Transnational Project Meeting and the project's closing conference.
- Implementing evidence-based psychological interventions in existing services: a manual by WHO
The WHO highlights the potential and the key steps to successfully integrate manualised psychological interventions to mental health support.
- Call for promising practices for Long-term Care workers and informal carers
WELL CARE project aims to improve the mental health of LTC workers and informal carers in Europe by promoting effective practices.
- How can the EU build a Union of Equality?
Nine equality and anti-discrimination organisations signed a joint statement and called for action to achieve a true Union of Equality.
Calendar
Inclusion in telework!
Traditionally, persons with disabilities have been facing technological barriers in work ecosystems. These barriers were much more noticeable at the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic with the rapid increase of telework applications such as videoconferencing platforms. Finding solutions for various gaps that exist in teleworking is fast becoming a priority. But where do we begin?
ONCE Foundation is organising a webinar on 27 April from 10:00 to 11:30h CEST, "Accessibility: the key for inclusive teleworking", which will take have European-level representatives of groups of people with disabilities discuss the needs and technological barriers that some users face when teleworking, a situation especially aggravated with the start of COVID-19 that forcibly moved the office to other remote environments.
The event is a part of the ACCESSIBILITECH project with Lidia Best, president of the European Federation of the Hearing Impaired; Cristian Sainz, CIO of ONCE; and Soufiane El Amrani, expert in easy-to-read formats from Inclusion Europe speaking at the event.
Also participating will be experts from leading technology corporations such as Christopher Patnoe, Head of Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion at Google in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and a representative from Zoom Video Communications, Inc. who will talk about the strategies and measures they have implemented to solve the major challenges of accessibility in teleworking.
The webinar will be conducted in English and will include international sign language interpretation and English subtitling.