L’APP Mind Inclusion: la tecnologia assistiva per promuovere l’inclusione sociale delle persone con disabilità intelletive nella loro comunità

Information and Communication Technologies have been widely used to enhance evidencebased interventions in the education and training of individuals with intellectual disabilities. The use of Information and Communication Technologies for these purposes is called Assistive Technology. Assistive technology is able to support persons with intellectual disabilities to live fuller and richer lives in their communities, supporting more successful functioning across multiple domains: independent living and inclusion in community.This study has the aim to present and explain the development of an assistive technology tool for persons with intellectual disabilities, the Mind Inclusion APP which can allow persons with intellectual disabilities to search and reach for a location or an activity in their community. The APP was co-created through the support of a participatory design and a person centred approach.A sample of 48 people, including persons with disabilities, caregivers, educators and business owners, was involved at all stages of the project. This study has shown that persons with disabilities can interact better, be part of their society more easily, and learn new skills reducing the impact of disability on daily functioning by using the Mind Inclusion APP

Accesible co-creation tools for people with intellectual disabilities: working for and with end-users

[EN] In a world defined by rapid change, the search for solutions to societal challenges has become more complex calling for new paradigms of innovation focused on collaborations with the community and users. Cocreation approaches in the design and production of a service or product can bring low-cost innovation and unique and personalized customer experiences leading to user acceptance of a product or service. Under a co-creation perspective, the participatory approach developed in the MINDInclusion project aims to improve the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities into public places and society by using a co-created online tool based on personal experiences of people with disabilities. Paying special attention to the Design thinking method, the main goal of this experience was to co-create cognitive accessible design tools that guide the collection of users and other stakeholders experiences in the process of defining problems and solutions. To this end, 14 researchers and educators worked defining together a set of guiding exercises and design thinking methods for the 4 co-design cycles. As a result two tools were developed to gather information to recreate as a final output “personas scenarios”, an “empathy map” and expected “use scenarios”. The former was an adapted game board about public places based on the traditional monopoly game and the latter a diary with a set of activities that will facilitate the collection of contextual information. Previous experiences have shown that co-design process can promote greater social cohesion, acceptance and empowerment. Working with people with intellectual disability presents several challenges since the co-creation process needs to be cognitive accessible. However, the tools created under this experience can be extrapolated to other contextsAlmeida, R.; Losada Durán, R.; Cid Bartolomé, T.; Giaretta, A.; Segalina, A.; Bessegato, A.; Visentin, S.... (2020). Accesible co-creation tools for people with intellectual disabilities: working for and with end-users. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 53-61. https://doi.org/10.4995/INN2019.2019.10086OCS536

Agenzia Territoriale: un servizio di innovazione sociale per occupazione e disabilità

Il presente contributo documenta gli esiti di Agenzia Territoriale, un servizio di inclusione lavorativa e occupazionale realizzato da Margherita Società Cooperativa Sociale Onlus, in provincia di Vicenza. Il framework teorico di riferimento combina la prospettiva bio-psico-sociale sulla disabilità e l’approccio delle capability, con particolare attenzione alle dimensioni della partecipazione sociale, dell’autodeterminazione, e del benessere fisico e mentale