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Audio Description: A Laboratory for the Development of a new Professional Profile

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

...ja, the national public radio and TV house that recently incorporated AD in its programming and strives to implement it, disseminating good practices also across the Balkan Regions. The Royal National Institute for the Blind, a renowned UK charity that will rise project awareness in a country where AD is long-established amongst sophisticated AD users and providers. Besides affecting directly h ...
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EDUCARE

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

EDUCARE is an European staff exchange programme where partner organisations have found a common interest in the theme of behavioural problems in connection with visual impairment. As we experience the number of young people with VI (Visual Impairment) and MDVI (Multi Disabled Visually Impaired) who develop behaviour problems has been growing and the professionals working in the field of visual im ...
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EDUCARE

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

EDUCARE is a European staff exchange programme where partner organisations have found a common interest in the theme of behavioural problems in connection with visual impairment. As we experience the number of young people with VI (Visual Impairment) and MDVI (Multi Disabled Visually Impaired) with behaviour problems has been growing and the professionals working in the field of VI are facing to ...
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EDUCARE

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

EDUCARE is a European staff exchange programme where partner organisations have found a common interest in the theme of behavioural problems in connection with visual impairment. As we experience the number of young people with VI (Visual Impairment) and MDVI (Multi Disabled Visually Impaired) who develop behaviour problems has been growing and the professionals working in the field of visual impa ...
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EDUCARE

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

EDUCARE is a European staff exchange programme where partner organisations have found a common interest in the theme of behavioural problems in connection with visual impairment. As we experience the number of young people with VI (Visual Impairment) and MDVI (Multi Disabled Visually Impaired) who develop behaviour problems has been growing and the professionals working in the field of visual imp ...
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Educare

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

EDUCARE is a European staff exchange programme where partner organisations have found a common interest in the theme of behavioural problems in connection with visual impairment. As we experience the number of young people with VI (Visual Impairment) and MDVI (Multi Disabled Visually Impaired) who develop behaviour problems has been growing and the professionals working in the field of visual imp ...
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Virtual User Concept for Supporting Inclusive Design of Consumer Products and User Interfaces (VICON)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

The needs of people with sensory or dexterity impairments are generally not well considered when designing user interfaces (UIs) for mainstream consumer products. The majority of existing interfaces and controls rarely fulfil the accessibility requirements of users suffering from visual, hearing, and dexterity impairments. It is also common for an individual to have multiple impairments than just ...
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Visually Impaired Seniors Active Learning

Start date: Nov 1, 2012,

...ea of social inclusion for elderly persons), the Austrian Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted, the Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union, the Croatian Association of the Blind, the Royal National Institute of Blind people (UK) and Royal Dutch Visio, a service provider specialised in visual impairment.
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Lifelong Learning Needs for Ageing People with Sensory Disabilities

Start date: Oct 1, 2011,

SensAge will be a Network of Networks, Associations and Organisations addressing the issues of enabling ageing people with sensory disabilities – blind/visual impairment, deaf/hearing impairment, and deafblind - to take part in lifelong learning in accordance with EU Strategies and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Its Aim is to become the Reference Point for the gather ...
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Equal Access to Technology Training

New horizons for the visually impaired : The project is bridging the gap for accessible IT training programmes for the visually impaired, particularly those above a certain age. The target group generally finished their formal education before IT was widely used and thus have limited knowledge of the subject. This project started in 2000 and lasted 40 months.
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DMFER - Disability Management for Employment Retention

Employment retention refers to an employer's practice of retaining, rather than dismissing, employees with new or increasing levels of disability. Whilst this practice is already backed by legislation in the UK and SE and further supported by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), there is the need for policy development in the remaining partner countries. The project's ultimate goal is to c ...
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Visually Impaired Masseurs - Supporting the creation of a uniform model for a European masseur training for visually impaired people

Getting to grips with a European model : The project has developed a training model which will form the basis for the development of courses for visually impaired masseurs throughout Europe and will hopefully contribute to the creation of Europe-wide accreditation. This project started in 2001 and lasted 39 months.
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AHVIIT-ACCESS - Innovative e-training tool and audio haptic based learning materials for workers of vocational trainees who may be visually impaired or blind

The project aims to provide innovative vocational training to learners who are blind or visually impaired and this way improve their employability and inclusion. It intends to develop a system that uses multi sensory stimuli (talking tactiles) to deliver vocational training for the visually impaired in 3 vocational fields: Sports Massage, Food Hygiene and Basic Cookery Skills, Basic Computer aware ...
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Programming: Blind people in Qualification - ProBiQ

Teaching blind people to programme with the aid of ProBIQ : With the "Programming with Borland C++ Builder 5" product, the ProBIQ project partners have for the first time developed a future-oriented vocational qualification for blind and visually challenged people. The curriculum and the teaching and learning materials are available free of charge on a CD-ROM or on the Internet in the four project ...
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HAPPY TOURIST – Holistic Application to effectively train touristic services staff is accessibility issues

Within the tourism sector awareness has grown for people with special needs towards the facilities and services offered, more specific concerning obtaining suitable accommodation, the accessibility of hotels and other relevant establishments. Hotel personnel also should be made aware of the adaptations and services needed by people with special needs (children, older people, people with disabiliti ...
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-Building Improved Flexible pre-Occupational Courses in Appropriate Language for Visually Impaired (BIFOCAL)

Blind and partially sighted (BPS) people are one of the most disadvantaged groups with regards to employment. Currently in the TR alone, of the 273,915 BPS people of working age only 15% are in employment compared with the national average of over 80%. Currently there is no definitive number of BPS for Europe but if we extrapolate these figures as a portion of the working age population across Eur ...
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