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Translating eye movements into music and integrating robotic arms to play instruments
EyeHarp turns eye and head movements into music and connects to robotic arms so people with severe physical disabilities can play real instruments. It is used in therapy and inclusive education, trains professionals, and scales via licences and partnerships.
Fundacion SIFU, EyeHarp, Spain -
Communication guide with pictograms for emergency situations faced by Guardia Civil
The Communication Guide with Pictograms helps Guardia Civil officers communicate with people who have disabilities or language barriers in emergencies. The 46-page guide uses over 100 pictograms across 11 scenarios, is on devices of 82,000 officers, and is free to replicate.
ONCE Foundation, Communication Guide for Emergency Situations, Spain -
Company- and volunteer-based vocational training model for creating inclusive jobs in the IT sector
Fundación GoodJob's #IMPACT Program: Launched in 2020 for technological and vocational training online for persons with disabilities. By the end of 2022, 518 people participated, achieving an employment rate of over 70%.
GoodJob Foundation, #IMPACT, Spain -
An art exhibition making art accessible in very different ways
The Fundación ONCE International Contemporary Art Biennale is an inclusive art exhibition recognizing artists with disabilities and presenting them in an accessible way. The Biennale, which attracted 185,000 visitors in 2016, shows different forms of artistic expressions and offers art related side activities.
ONCE Foundation, Spain -
Adding a university degree to job placement
TEMPE, a fashion company runs a training programme for people with intellectual disabilities in cooperation with APSA. In 2015, Miguel Hernandez University joined the partnership, offering theoretical and practical courses to participants with a degree, which has increased their employment opportunities.
Tempe, Spain -
Comprehensive support to entrepreneurs with disabilities
FSC Inserta, has established entrepreneurship as an option for people with disabilities. Support includes counselling, training, guidance, and financial assistance. Some 1,500 entrepreneurial projects have been supported since the programme’s founding in 1988 and approximately 5,000 persons have received support.
ONCE Foundation, Entrepreneurship Programme FSC Inserta, Spain -
Incorporating Universal Design into Home Building
Fundación ONCE has developed a prototype for an intelligent, barrier-free and sustainable house to demonstrate how a variety of needs of disabled people can be met and how Universal Design can be integrated into building. Between 2016 and 2017, more than 70,000 people visited the house on its journey across Spain.
ONCE Foundation, La Casa Accessible, Spain -
People-centred housing services for persons with psychosocial disabilities
Founded by Support-Girona from Spain in 2018, the Housing Commission supports people with psychosocial disabilities to access housing. A person-centred methodology ensures that they can decide for themselves where and how they want to live. By 2022 more than 50 people have found housing in this way.
Support Girona, Top House Housing Commission, Spain -
A rugby league to create inclusive teams and leadership
Trust Rugby International’s Unified Rugby uses mixed-ability rugby to include people with learning disabilities. Local, community-led hubs teach skills, teamwork and leadership, train coaches and share a free blueprint for replication. Since 2012: 1,000+ sessions, 700+ participants, 150+ coaches.
Trust Rugby Spain, Unified Rugby, Spain -
Making civil service positions accessible for people with intellectual disabilities
To enable people with intellectual disabilities to apply for public vacancies, Plena Inclusión, together with the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities, developed a special call for employment for the Ministry of Public Functions. From 2012 to 2020, 448 people were able to find a job.
Confederación Plena inclusión España, Public Sector Employment, Spain