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  Training students to become leaders and innovators in accessibility and inclusion

  Değiştiren Adımlar Derneği (DADER), Turkey: Runs Campus of Colours, a programme for high school and university students to develop socially responsible leaders. From 2015 to 2023, involved students, 35% with disabilities, with projects winning awards.
  Değiştiren Adımlar Derneği, Campus of Colours, Turkey

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  Inclusion of topics concerning developmental disabilities into the medical curriculum of future doctors

  Johannes Kepler University, Austria: Designed a developmental medicine curriculum to train doctors in disability needs and rights. From 2014 to 2022, all 600 medical students were taught this curriculum.
  Johannes Kepler University Linz, Developmental medicine as a compulsory curriculum, Austria

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  A start-up app that reaches more than 1.3 million sign language learners worldwide

  Lingvano, Austrian Start-Up: Mobile app for learning sign languages. Offers courses in American, Austrian, and British Sign Language. From 2018 to 2023, reached over 1.3 million users globally.
  Lingvano, Lingvano App, Austria

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  Empowerment youth through storytelling and digital media in sub-Saharan Africa

  Tai Tanzania: Offers non-formal education with digital media and storytelling. Addresses issues such as albinism and autism. Utilises YouTube, school classes, radio and TV stations and other NGOs to disseminate information.
  Tai Tanzania, Pamoja (Inclusive) Project, Tanzania

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  Training family groups in remote Amazon villages to use sign language and to replicate it

  Paz y Esperanza, Peru: Offers courses in Peruvian Sign Language and Spanish for families with deaf children in the Amazon region. In 2023, 60 participants, including both children and adults.
  Peace and Hope Diaconal Ministry Association, Peruvian Sign Language for disadvantaged deaf people, Peru

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  Freely and globally available software supporting users who are colour blind

  Ryobi Systems´s Visolve, Japan: Visolve helps colour-blind users with iOS simulators, MS Office add-ins and Windows toolbars. The freely available software was downloaded 72,000 times worldwide between 2005 and 2023.
  Ryobi Systems Co., Ltd., Visolve, Japan

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  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

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  Access to inclusive education for the equitable employment of

  youth with visual impairments

  Kilimanjaro Blind Trust Africa (KBTA): Provides assistive devices and digital curriculum content for users of digital Braille. Between 2018 and 2023, equipped 3,000 learners in six countries with assistive technologies.
  Kilimanjaro Blind Trust, From inclusive education to employment for children and youth with visual impairments in Africa, Kenya

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  An eye-tracking device for persons with severe disabilities enabling them to communicate via computers and iPads

  IRISBOND's Hiru, Spain: Eye-tracking device aiding non-verbal individuals with conditions like cerebral palsy in communication. Compatible with Windows and iPad, enabling societal participation. Over 7,000 global users in 2022.
  Irisbond, Hiru, Spain

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  Inclusive education programme for children with disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa

  Appui au Développement de l’Enfant en Détresse (ADED), Congo: Implemented the Tunafasi Programme in Uvira region for quality inclusive education. Raised school attendance from 5% to 68.5% between 2020 and 2023.
  ADED- Support for the Development of Children in Need, Tunafasi, Democratic Republic of Congo