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              • Project participants are sitting around a table in front a shelf, which holds art works.

                Multi-stakeholder groups developing accessibility solutions in museums

                ARCHES is an EU-funded project that brings together partners from the fields of culture, technology, and academia, as well as people with disabilities. The programme develops, tests, and implements solutions to improve access to culture. Innovations include tactile art and an app to aid museum navigation.
                KHM - Museum of Art History Vienna, ARCHES, Austria

              • A person’s hand presses a button on a microwave with clear, tactile controls. The image illustrates thoughtful design that makes everyday appliances easier and safer for all users, promoting accessibility and dignity in daily living.

                Multinational company embedding people with disabilities into product development

                Panasonic’s Inclusive Design Framework embeds people with disabilities into product development. Design teams work with lead users and DPOs, co-create solutions (e.g. 3D-printed attachments) and run user tests. The company provides guides and group-wide training.
                Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Inclusive Design Framework, Japan

              • Firefighters and emergency personnel gather inside a transport depot for a safety drill. Their teamwork, diversity, and preparedness highlight collective responsibility in protecting all members of society, including those with disabilities, during emergencies.

                An immersive test centre to provide independent mobility for people with disabilities

                The Wayfinding Centre is an indoor test hall that simulates airports, buses, trams, stations and street crossings. It helps people with disabilities practice independent travel. Training is co-delivered by Access Ambassadors. By 2025 it trained 600+ professionals and ~300 participants.
                Vision Ireland Services, The Wayfinding Centre, Ireland

              • Two men with physical disabilities walking on a wooden platform on a sandy ground to reach the sea.

                Two-year inclusive tourism project for tourist sites

                The Inclusive Tourism Project improves accessibility and inclusion standards at four popular tourist sites. The project consists of architectural modules, workshops for staff and technical consultations to integrate accessibility on the sites. Actions include building ramps, improving access, and creating brail and audio support.
                Lebanese Union for Persons with Physical Disabilities-LUPD, Lebanon

              • Connecting wheelchair-accessible maps with GPS tracking

                WheeLog! is an interactive wheelchair mobile application based on Google maps that combines accessibility information with GPS-tracked routes used by other wheelchair users. In the first month since release of the application in May 2017, WheelLog! had over 1,000 downloads and more than 1,700 location postings.
                PADM - Parents Association of Distal Myopathies, WheeLog!, Japan

              • A man presents an assistive technology project called “InFoot – Mouse USB,” demonstrating a computer mouse operated by foot movement. This inventive idea, developed for people with limited hand mobility, promotes digital inclusion and accessibility in everyday computing.

                Open-source creation and exchange of assistive devices and educational videos

                Real Problems, Real Solutions (Todos Podemos Ayudar) creates and shares open-source, low-cost assistive devices and educational videos. They provide DIY tutorials, affordable products, workshops and consulting, reaching thousands online and in person.
                Todos Podemos Ayudar, Real Problems, Real Solutions, Colombia

              • A playground with accessibility features.

                Towards a universally designed city of Oslo in 2025

                The strategy requires all new government-operated buildings, parks, public spaces, and transport systems to have Universal Design implemented from a project’s inception and for this to be included in the overall building costs. In 2017 the majority of government buildings were already fully accessible.
                City of Oslo, Department of Primary Health and Social Affairs, Norway – City of Oslo – Department for Health and Social Affairs – Comprehensive Universal Design plan by 2025, Norway

              • A woman playing the violin on the left and a man in wheelchair with arm holding a microphone raised on the right. The logo of RAMPD in the middle.

                Disability-led network for promoting professional artists and musicians

                Founded by US musical artist Lachi in 2021, the Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities (RAMPD) network is dedicated to promoting disability culture and accessibility in the music industry, including ‘certification’ of venues. By 2022, RAMPD already had 60 professional members.
                Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities (RAMPD), Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities (RAMPD), United States of America

              • The photo depicts two men sitting in chairs facing each other with warm, friendly expressions. The man on the left has a prosthetic leg, which is clearly visible, and he is holding crutches. The environment suggests a casual, possibly professional setting. Both men are dressed in business casual attire. The presence of the prosthetic leg may subtly suggest themes of overcoming adversity, resilience, and normalizing disability in everyday contexts, promoting a message of inclusivity and equality.

                A mentoring programme for more people with disabilities on company boards

                Australian Network on Disability's Directing Change Scholarship: A three-year program creating pathways for persons with disabilities in directorial roles. In 2022, received 226 applications, awarded 22 scholarships, and engaged over 300 directors.
                Australian Disability Network, Directing Change Scholarship, Australia

              • A goup of about 10 people, some of them blind, stand around a table while touching and feeling a wooden carved map of sorts. The camera zooms in on their hands. Next to the wooden map there lies a white cane.

                Inclusive club engaging with urban planners to create more accessibility for the blind

                The Urban Mobility Club, initiated in Bucharest, is a pan-European community that promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities in the urban life through workshops and other activities. In addition to people with disabilities, representatives of the real estate sector and the administration are encouraged to participate.
                The Alternative Methods of Social Integration Association, The Urban Mobility Club , Romania