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An internet platform for people with disabilities, providing information on cultural events
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About innovation
The nature of innovation
Usługa
The problem that innovation answers
Reduced self-reliance and difficulty in integrating people with intellectual disabilities requiring assistance into the community. People with intellectual disabilities cannot use websites dedicated to culture because those are not adapted to their cognitive abilities. As a result they are not able find out about cultural events.
How does innovation work?
This online platform is designed for adults with Down syndrome. It enables them to socialise and participate (assisted by volunteers) in cultural events that are adapted to their needs and abilities. Thanks to a simple interface, the use of graphic and audio elements people with intellectual disabilities are provided with clear and easily comprehensible information. The platform is a source of knowledge and information on how to spend time together, and a tool to facilitate contact between adults with Down syndrome and their helper. Thus, adults with Down syndrome can forge and strengthen friendships with people outside the institutions and care facilities. It also teaches them how to use social media safely. The entire platform's activities are coordinated by a trained supervisor who takes care of the safety of the users in the digital space and ensures physical safety during joint outings.
Who is the innovation for?
Adults with intellectual disabilities
Who can implement the innovation?
Institutions supporting and providing services to people with intellectual disabilities, including people with Down syndrome, e.g:
- Community self-help centers;
- Occupational therapy workshops;
- Schools;
- NGOs;
Products resulting from testing
The source code;
- An instruction manual;
- Recommendations for the supervisor and volunteers;
- Trial results;
Results achieved as a result of testing
Based on the available data, as many as 80% of the testers (357 participants and 18 volunteers tested over a period of six weeks) were considered to be active users of the platform.
Has the innovation been selected for dissemination?
Tak
How to implement an innovation?
Who is necessary to implement innovations?
A supervisor
Volunteers
A person able to use a PC
What is necessary to implement innovations?
Internet access
Who is behind it?
Innovator type
Podmiot prawny
Name and surname or name of the innovator(s)
Stowarzyszenie Rodziców i Przyjaciół Dzieci z Zespołem Downa „Tęcza” w Krakowie
City where the innovator(s) reside or have their registered office
Kraków
An institution supporting the development of innovation
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Małopolski Inkubator Innowacji Społecznych [2016-2019]
Contact for innovation
Stowarzyszenie Rodziców i Przyjaciół Osób z Zespołem Downa w Krakowie
Telefon: 503 131 288;
E-mail: sto.tecza@gmail.com;
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StowarzyszenieTeczaKrakow;
Adres korespondencyjny: os. Wandy 23, 31-907 Kraków.