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Save the date: #ZeroConLatam22 on May 25-26, 2022

Category
Updates
Author
Judith Hermetter
Date
21.04.2022
Green background with a white illustration of a globe; with lines connecting dots around the world. Text: #ZeroConLatam22

The Zero Project Latin America is pleased to invite you to the Zero Project Conference 2022 for Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world on Accessibility and ICT, organized by Fundación Descúbreme jointly with Fundación ONCE.

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Mario Paulo's story: How accessible books make a difference for people with Asperger's Syndrome

Category
Life Stories
Author
Judith Hermetter
Date
13.04.2022
Story title and 2 pictures: A middle-aged man holds a page with both hands and reads the content of the page. 4 teenagers sit in front of screens with headphones and watch different digital books.

Mario Paulo from Brazil tells us how accessible books turned him into an enthusiastic reader, and opened doors for his personal and professional development.

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Emeka's story: "Whenever I go to the park I don’t feel like I have any barriers."​

Category
Life Stories
Author
Judith Hermetter
Date
07.04.2022
Story title and two pictures: middle-aged black man wearing a white t-shirt and smiling; a picture of an outdoor park with towers and slides to play

Emeka Nnaka, a 34-year-old inspirational speaker from Tulsa, tells us how he benefits from an outdoor park that was designed by Zero Project Awardee ACT Services based on Universal Design principles.

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Nikita's story: Why health and rehabilitation support from an early age is important for children with disabilities

Category
Life Stories
Author
Judith Hermetter
Date
31.03.2022
Photo: A woman in traditional Indian dress stretches the leg of a boy lying on the floor on carpets. Photo: A blind girl laughs and is held by a man's shoulder.

Nikita, a child with cerebral palsy from India, is one of the children benefitting from health and rehabilitation support by Zero Project Awardee Project Sambhav. Here is how.

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Giselle's story: Why reducing barriers through digital accessibility advocacy is important

Category
Life Stories
Author
Judith Hermetter
Date
24.03.2022
Giselle's story: Why reducing barriers through digital accessibility advocacy is important. Photo: A smiling woman with closed eyes sits in front of a desktop computer in a home environment. Photo: A man in business tenure and with dark glasses looks at his desktop computer screen in an office environment.

Giselle is an advocate, campaigner, and user of the Online Accessibility Policy and Toolkit that was developed by the Government of South Australia. She explains why reducing barriers through digital accessibility advocacy is important.

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Wanda’s story: Why a combination of audio description and information in Braille makes a difference

Category
Life Stories
Author
Judith Hermetter
Date
17.03.2022
Wanda's Story: Why a combination of audio description and information in Braille makes a difference. Photo of a woman in a thick coat and dark glasses, with a guide dog and a cane standing in front of a red traing. Photo of a man in a wheelchair exiting a train via a ramp; an railway employee oversees the process

What's the real-life impact of innovations? In this week's life story, Wanda from Poland tells us how the customer accessibility programme by Polish Railway company Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna made a difference for her... and why having both audio description and information in Braille is important for her.

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