Accedo 2.0

Virtual Community for people with intellectual disability

What is Accedo 2.0?

It’s a 20 month long program, from 2009 to 2011, developed for creating

and testing a virtual community with social networking features,

designed under accessibility and usability criteria and to be used

by mild intellectual disability people.

It is funded by Advance 2 Plans of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism

and Trade.

Goals

• Improving access to ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) of people with disabilities.

• Enhance communication and the use made of the Internet by people with intellectual disabilities.

• Improve the accessibility of web 2.0 on the Internet.

• Facilitate the social integration of people with disabilities.

Who is involved?

Esplai Foundation in Barcelona, UNED in

Madrid and FASAD in Gijon as program

developers and managers with the support of 8

entities from 7 different Spanish regions that

launch pilot testing of the community.

Pilot collaborators• ATADES from Zaragoza

• APDIS from Utrera (Sevilla)

• FASAD Foundation from Gijón (Asturias)

• El Maresme Foundation from Mataró (Barcelona)

Pilot associations• Madrid Down Syndrome Foundation

• Charity House Òmnia Point from Valls (Tarragona)

• Basque Country Down Syndrome Foundation

• Murcia Down Syndrome Foundation

Program’s stagesStage 1

• Needs analysis with and audit online tool.

• 8 collaborators selection for the pilot phase.

• Equipment and training for collaborators

Stage 2

• Community development.

• Community implementation and pilot testing through 6 months.

• Project tracking and analysis.

Stage 3

• Launching and facilitation of the open community.

Esplai Foundation promotes several citizenship e-inclusion projects

• Facilitation and coordination processes on Spanish networks (Red

Conecta, Conecta Joven, Xarxa Òmnia)

• Employability towards ICT and professional profile definition of

telecentre facilitators on Europe (Telecentre Europe)

• Functional diversity and ICT (Accesibles Telecentres, Disability and

ICT training, Accedo 2.0)

• E-learning for social and digital facilitators.

• Methodology 2.0 as a strategy for the social, professional and

educational use of technology.

More information about our projects:

http://www.accedo20.org http://www.redconecta.net http://comunitatomnia.ning.comhttp://metodologiadospuntzero.ning.com/ http://moodle.esplai.orghttp://www.fundacionesplai.org

Contact:info@accedo20.org

Gabriel Gonzálezggonzalez@esplai.orgCristina Espinosacespinosa@esplai.org