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Bridging the Gap between Museums and Individuals with Visual Impairments

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Museums around the world develop various practices in order to enhance the access and inclusion of people with visual impairments, but many disabling barriers still exist. Museums, as audience-centered spaces, are required to enhance thee access and and inclusion of individuasl with visual impairment. However, this is a challenging task for museums and requires the collaboration between museums an ...
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Innovative PROcurement for Visual Impaired People (PRO4VIP)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Taking into account the objectives of Vision 2020, the WHO's 2006 initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness. When globally people with low vision are increasing as a result of the ageing of the world’s population. Where low vision not only affects the independence but has significant psychosocial and economic impact on the individual, the family and society. Major consequences of visi ...
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eVADER: Electric Vehicle Alert for Detection and Emergency Response (EVADER)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

"Recent studies suggest that vehicles, driven in electric mode, either hybrid or pure electric vehicles, are considerably quiet and, thus, that they constitute a safety hazard for pedestrians and bicyclists in traffic. It is claimed that such vehicles are not acoustically perceived due to the power unit being exchanged from a combustion engine to electric motors; something that essentially cuts aw ...
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INTERGEN

Visual handicaps (blindness or partial-sightedness) are a serious problem for manyEuropean citizens of all ages that can hinder their social and/or professional integration,and cause many difficulties in their daily lives. Different generations face differentobstacles, but also have different skills.Being unable to master new technologies and communication tools such as Internet,software or mobile ...
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Passemploi

Dans de très nombreux pays en Europe, on estime encore aujourd’hui à plus de 70% le taux de chômage des personnes aveugles en âge de travailler. La population des personnes aveugles enregistre un pourcentage de chômeurs très supérieur à celui de la population générale, les taux record (plus de 50%) étant enregistrés en Allemagne, Angleterre, France ou Danemark et au Luxembourg. Trois de ces pays ...
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