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              • Claudia Werneck, the founder of Escola de Gente, is holding a smartphone into the camera, which shows the start image of the accessible app VEM CA.

                Accessible platform screening events for 12 accessibility features

                VEM CA is a free and accessible phone app, developed by the Brazilian NGO Escola de Gente, that informs users where and when accessible events are taking place. The app covers hundreds of events every year and allows users to search by 12 accessible features and in 24 event categories.
                Escola de Gente - Communication in inclusion, VEM CA - Accessible Culture App, Brazil

              • On the right side of the picture there is a man helping a woman lowering herself down on a rope form a large brown rock. In the background there lies a mountainous and desertlike landscape stretching until the horizon.

                Accessible tourism for people with psychosocial disabilities in-country and abroad

                Nofesh offers recreational experiences for people with psychosocial disabilities in Israel, from one-day tours to five-day vacations, developed by the NGO ENOSH. The offer includes comprehensive support and accompaniment. During the Covid-Pandemic, virtual tours and lectures were offered.
                ENOSH - The Israeli Mental Health Association, Nofesh, Israel

              • JDC Israel Unlimited Common sport activities.

                Pioneering a personal budget model as part of national social services

                Although the concept of a personal budget is an established practice in the United States and parts of Europe, it is new for Israel. Between 2016 and 2018, some 200 professionals have been trained and 50 people with a variety of disabilities have benefitted. In 2019, another 300 beneficiaries joined the program.
                JDC Israel - Israel Unlimited, Personal Budget Model, Israel

              • A man wearing a surgical mask, a black jacket, a blue lanyard with pink ribbon and a stethoscope around his neck is holding a phone on his right ear and standing in a sidewalk facing a house.

                Providing personalized municipal care support for persons over the age of 80

                In 2020 the municipality of Cerro Navia, in Chile’s capital region of Santiago, launched ‘Plan 80’ – a person-centred monitoring, follow-up, and support programme for persons with and without disabilities over the age of 80. By end of 2021 the programme had supported over 3,700 beneficiaries.
                Cerro Navia Municipality, Plan 80, Chile

              • A lady with long hair in a concert room facing a smiling teen-aged girl with violin resting on her shoulder, a young man who appears to have down syndrome playing his guitar, and a man hugging his cello with one arm.

                A leading concert hall offering a free and inclusive musical workshop week

                Since 2019 the Wiener Konzerthaus, one of the leading concert halls in Austria, has been organizing summer music workshops (‘SommerMusikWoche’) for up to 80 participants. The programme is supervised by professional music educators and is free of charge.
                Wiener Konzerthaus, SommerMusikWoche/Inclusive Music Programme, Austria

              • A group of Indian children in different ages appearing to have different motor disabilities assisted by crutches and wheelchairs are in the playground in front of the Sangamam School for Special Children building.

                Providing assistive technology for children in rural Asia

                In 2020, Amar Seva Sangam of India launched the ‘Paediatric Assistive Technology Provision’ programme with a focus on children in rural areas, including a training programme for rehabilitators and financial support. It is expected that by the end of 2022 close to 1,000 assistive devices will be provided to users.
                Amar Seva Sangam, Paediatric Assistive Technology Provision Programme, India

              • Two African students standing in a field. Buildings and houses are behind them in a significant distance.

                Using a mix of radio and digital content to train young learners in rural areas

                Outlook Humanitarian Care Initiative (OHCI) from Nigeria has developed ‘Interactive Audio Instruction’, a mixture of radio and digital platform for distance learning. The educational offering is aimed particularly at women, young people, and children both with and without disabilities.
                OUTLOOK HUMANITERIAN CARE INITIATIVE, Interactive Audio Instruction – radio-based learning, Nigeria

              • Two Brazilian ladies seated on a working desk beside each other in an office room. A corkboard has a signage "Todos Pelos Diretos" on the wall perpendicular to the ladies.

                Self-advocacy group of persons with intellectual disabilities

                Im Jahr 2011 initiierte das Instituto Jô Clemente in São Paulo, Brasilien, das Projekt "Selbstverteidigung", um Menschen mit geistigen Behinderungen zu befähigen, sich selbst zu verteidigen. Seit 2015 hat die Gruppe von Selbstvertretern einen Sitz im Stadtrat von São Paulo, im Jahr 2022 hatte sie 30 Mitglieder:innen.
                Jo Clemente Institute, Self-Defence Project, Brazil

              • 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

              • Two men both wearing surgical mask seated inside a cinema with a bucket of popcorn and two cups of drinks in between them. One of the men is holding a mobile phone and headphones in his ears.

                Free mobile app and glasses that sync audio description and captions to movies

                HELLO! MOVIE is a user-free application, launched in 2020 by the Japanese start-up Evixar, that allows people with visual or hearing disabilities to access the subtitles or audio description of movies via their smartphone or to project them onto smart glasses. The functions automatically synchronize only with the sound of the movies.
                Evixar Inc., HELLO! MOVIE, Japan