We are delighted to announce the Zero Project Innovative Practices and Policies 2019!
We bring to you 65 practices and 11 policies from around the world that help persons with disabilities on our 2019 topic of Independent Living and Political Participation. We are overwhelmed with the range and quality of the projects and are pleased to bring you solutions from a staggering 42 countries!
These projects cover a range of topics including accessible voting, housing, deinstitutionalisation, supported decision making, political representation, justice, smart technology, children and youth, the arts and inclusive daily life.
A huge congratulations to every single one of these incredible organisations. We’re immensely honoured to be able to promote your amazing work!
I think it’s best that we keep this short and let you explore the projects yourself. The full list is:
Australia
Community Connections Australia / Jeenee Mobile and the “Big Red Button” app
Inclusion Melbourne – ICanVote
Curtin University – Individual Supported Living
Scytl – iVote programme
Austria
kinderhände from Austria teaches sign language to children and parents
kinderhände
Jugend Eine Welt – WeltWegWeiser
Basic Initiative for Sport and Inclusion – Inklusion Sport
Bhutan
National Mental Health Programme
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Union SUMERO
Botswana
Solar Ear
Brazil
Superior Electoral Court – Electoral Justice Accessibility Programme
Escola de Gente – Accessibility Promotion Agents
Light for the World trains women in Cambodia to be leaders
Cambodia
Light for the World – Commune and Village Disability Representatives
Light for the World – Leadership Programme for Women with Disabilities
PPCIL – Personal Assistant Service System (PASS)
Canada
The British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS)
British Columbia Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
Elections Saskatchewan
March of Dimes – Home and Vehicle Modification Program
Colombia
Profamilia, ASDOWN Colombia, LICA and PAIIS
Ecuador
Fundación Discapacidad y Desarrollo
FEPAPDEM
Alhassan Foundation in Egypt offers a range of services including sporting opportunities
Egypt
Alhassan Foundation
Estonia
Helpific
Finland
KVPS – EU Disability Card implementation
Georgia
Central Election Commission
Germany
Greta & Starks – GRETA app
Ghana
Basic Needs Ghana
Honduras
PREPACE – PROPEDIF
India
Inclov matchmaking app
NCPEDP and Mphasis
Mom’s Belief
SEHATI Sukoharjo’s inclusion clubs bring together professionals and parents to exchange skills
Indonesia
SEHATI Sukoharjo – Inclusion Clubs
Ireland
Genio Trust – Service Reform Fund
Israel
Step-Hear
Bizchut
Enosh (The Israeli Mental Health Association) – Seeds of Wellness
JDC and Israel Unlimited – Personal budget model
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and Israeli Ministry Of Education – Volunteering for a Change
Italy
Fightthestroke – Mirrorable
Psychoanalytic Association Kazakhstan supportss persons with intellectual disabilities to live independently outside of institutions
Kazakhstan
Psychoanalytic Association – SIL Programme
Lebanon
Empowerment Through Integration (ETI)
Forum for the Handicapped
Libya
IFES – Electoral Sign Language Lexicon
Malawi
FEDOMA
Mexico
Unidos Somos Iguales
Instituto Nacional Electoral
Moldova
Keystone Moldova – Forum Theatre
Keystone Moldova – Community for All Moldova
Nepal
Disable Empowerment and Communication Centre
USAID, Fundación Saraki, Electoral Tribunal worked together to improve voting accessibility in Paraguay (Copyright Fundacion Saraki, USAID Paraguay)
Paraguay
USAID, Fundación Saraki, Electoral Tribunal
Romania
Pro ACT Suport
Ceva de Spus Association – Graphic novel Becoming Eli
Serbia
Elementary and Boarding School “Milan Petrovic”
Singapore
SG Enable – “Tech Able” showroom
South Africa
Wigital – FingerTalk
Spain
Fundación ONCE
Plena Inclusión España – Mi Voto Cuenta
Sweden
Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan teaches voting processes and democracy to persons with intellectual disabilities in Sweden (copyright Peter Timar Lonneborg)
Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan – My Choice/My Election
PO-Skåne – Personal ombudsmen
Turkey
Boğaziçi University and the Association of Barrier Free Access
United Kingdom
Headway – The Justice Project, Brain Injury Identity Card
ENABLE Scotland – #ENABLEtheVote
Neatebox — “Welcome by Neatebox” app
Disability Pride Belfast & Vehicles for Change – Mobiloo
Lumos Foundation
United States
MIUSA / Global Disability RightsNow!
IFES – Election Access Observation Toolkit
Democracy Live – OmniBallot
RespectAbility
AbleThrive
The Arc of the United States – Wings for Autism
DanceAbility International
The Arc of the United States – NCCJD, Pathways to Justice®
Viet Nam
BasicNeeds Viet Nam
