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The tree of Knowledge Time of tremendous change in disability policy and practice

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13th December 2011
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The first group of students from the MSc in Disability Studies graduated from Trinity college earlier this year from a course driven by the NIID (National Institute for Intellectual Disability. The NIID’s mission is promoting inclusion for people with intellectual disability through education, research and advocacy. The MSc in Disability Studies offers students an insight [...] Read more

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Computer Eyes!

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8th December 2011
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It’s only 7 working days until our next and final Kanchi Network event of the year: “Engagement” hosted by Citi and this has given us the chance to really take stock of what well being really means in a business context. I was reading through some “What’s new in Disability” newsfeeds today and came across [...] Read more

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Vodafone Smart Accessibility awards 2011

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7th December 2011
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Vodafone Smart Accessibility awards 2011 The four winning apps in the inaugural Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility awards have been announced, with their developers each receiving €50k for their efforts in improving the lives of older people and people with disabilities. Vodafone Smart Accessibility Awards Help Talk, by 1000 Empresas, won the Wellbeing category. The app [...] Read more

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Ability Club

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6th December 2011
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Asistí a mi primer evento del Club Ability esta semana. Fue el segundo taller que ha organizado Telefónica en sus oficinas en Distrito C y el tema del día era la accesibilidad universal. El objetivo del taller fue elegir doce acciones concretas y ambiciosas en materia de accesibilidad para ser ejecutados en 2012. Alberto Andreu, [...] Read more

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Christmas – Thinking of Others

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28th November 2011
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Certainly Christmas can be a very special, magical time of year. But the reality is, it can also be a very lonely, difficult, pressurised and desperate time for more people than we probably give credit for. This is probably never more apparent than in our current climate. Santa will still come but is probably spending [...] Read more

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