Projects
Accessibility of the Physical Environment
APTRA Application (Adaptation of work stations, recommendations and technical aids)
The APTRA application, developed for use by professionals dedicated to human resources, in companies, in public administrations and in the third sector organizations, is a support and information tool for the adaptation of work stations that are going to be or are being used by people with disabilities.
APTRA forms part of the global project in support of the labour integration and the improvement in quality of employment of people with disabilities lead by the ONCE Foundation and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. It has been developed by Vía Libre and Technosite, Fundosa Group companies, and FSC-Inserta with the collaboration of professionals from ONCE, FEAFES and FEAPS Madrid.
http://aptra.portalento.es
DOSEAP (Dossier of personal assistance elements in the working environment)
On occasions people with disabilities need support products (technical aids) in order to perform their jobs under equal conditions. The possession of those elements signifies real integration into the working environment. DOSEAP is a Dossier or Catalogue with includes almost 140 support products for the working environment which can be selected when needed to carry out the tasks involved in the job position.
Aplicación DOSEAP
Accessibility for people with cognitive disability
The project proposes the systemisation of knowledge in regards to accessibility of the urban environment considering cognitive abilities with a view to laying down recommendations and technical criteria in this field. Collaboration in achieving this objective has been received from diverse entities related to cognitive ability (ASPACE; Spanish Autism Confederation; DOWN Spain; FEAPS; FESPAU Autism; Down Syndrome Foundation of Madrid) and with the advice of CEAPAT, Technosite and Vía Libre.
The research is included in a document called ACCESSIBILITY AND COGNITIVE ABILITY which can be downloaded from the following web page link.
ACCESIBILIDAD Y CAPACIDADES COGNITIVAS
Culture and Leisure
ONCE Foundation Cultural Space. Cambio de Sentido (Change of Direction) C/Recoletos, 1
This space is used to exhibit the works of art by artists with disabilities or artists that use this aspect as a creative theme contributing to the integration of people with disabilities, both at a labour and personal level in the art field.
Through this project, the ONCE Foundation attempts therefore, to promote the employment of artists with disabilities, providing a space where they can make their work known and make art their way of life, and promote the normalisation of the creative activity of artists with disabilities.
In order to facilitate this, we have the collaboration of famous artists who sponsor new talents.
In addition to exhibitions we also provide other cultural activities related to the world of disability.
(Information regarding activities)
Información sobre actividades
Blue Flags
In this project the ONCE Foundation collaborates with the Asociación de Educación Ambiental y del Consumidor AEDAC (Environmental and Consumer Education Association) in the definition and improvement of the advisable and ideal criteria for beaches, and in the increase of the degree of information available to the consumer regarding the conditions offered by such. For a few years now accessibility has been included as one of the criteria of Blue Flags. In this sense Blue Flags now allows the recognition of minimum accessibility conditions, which continually improve, due to, among other things, the contribution of the municipalities that recognise the need to offer accessibility improvements to all citizens.
www.adeac.es
Accessible Technology and R+D
Experimental Research of the Potential of the Mobile Telephone as a Terminal capable of Interacting with Dispensing Devices (Cash Machines)
The objective of this project is to explore the potential of the mobile telephone as a terminal capable of interacting with dispensing devices and, in particular, with multipurpose mobile telephone cash machines, with the aim of improving accessibility to these dispensing devices for people with disabilities. The investigation is centred on multipurpose mobile telephone cash machines, as the most widely implemented type of dispensing device and the one that is most used by people with disabilities. However, the results can also be applied to other types of dispensing devices, such as vending machines, mobile telephone currency exchange machines, automatic check-in terminals in airports, kiosks for access to public procedures and contents and mobile telephone points of tourist or cultural information, among others.
Digital network on Alternative and Augmentative communication
The project’s objective is to improve quality of life of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other people with special communication needs, through the availability and access to resources and services regarding alternative and augmentative communication which can be interesting and useful for them, for their families and for the professionals working with them to improve their communication skills.
This objective revolves around the creation of a Social Network where all stakeholders will participate, which will include resources and services that are currently scattered over the Internet or whose access is limited to face-to-face format.
Experimental Survey on Cell-Phones Capacity as a Terminal able to Interact with Vending Devices (Cash Machines)
The objective of this project is to explore the cell-phone possibilities as a terminal that can interact with vending devices and in particular with multipurpose cell-phone cash machines in order to improve the accessibility of said machines for people with disabilities. The research will focus on multipurpose cell-phones cash machines since this is a well-established vending device used by people with disabilities. Nevertheless results could also be applied to other type of vending devices such as vending machines, coin changers, airports automatic check-in machines, kiosks to access procedures and public contents and cell-phone points for tourist and cultural information among others.
Experimental Research of Digital TV.
This project sets up an experimental analysis of the different technologies, software and content development in Digital Television within the fields of bi-directional communicative interaction and Web access, with attention to universal accessibility criteria and the specific needs of people with disabilities and the elderly. The principal objective is to generate a reference base of empirical knowledge, analytical as well as prospective and purposeful, regarding the accessibility of devices, software and current and emerging content of Digital Television in its dimensions of interaction and information society access considering the needs of people with disabilities and the elderly.
Áltera: Functional Diversity and Labour Competitiveness Programme.
The basic starting point of this project is the evidence that, especially in some profiles of functional limitation, people develop compensatory skills which may surpass in certain aspects those of the general population. For example, the ability to lip-read, especially in noisy atmospheres, by people with hearing deficiencies, or the special attention to and interpretation of the paralanguage of spoken communication (intonation, prosody, emotion, etc) by people with visual impairments, along with their hearing or spatial memory skills.
http://www.proyectoaltera.es/
Easy reading: Production and promotion of materials and analysis of the user’s experience.
The projects intends to develop an interactive platform of web services and contents that makes available to its users easy reading materials related to current events (summary of daily newspapers) and documents of general interest, in Castilian and in the other co-official State languages. It also allows the generation, based on analysis of the platform user’s experience, of an empirical knowledge base regarding the characteristics that must be present in the easy reading texts promoted through the web in order to respond to the needs of diverse groups of people with disabilities and with reading difficulties.
www.noticiasfacil.es
GVAM – Accessible Virtual Museum Guides 2008 – Promotion
This project includes the promotional actions of the project of the same name developed in 2007 within the NATIONAL PROGRAMME OF INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. e-Inclusion and e-Assistance Strategic Action. The actions, which are directed towards presenting, demonstrating and promoting the results obtained and the knowledge acquired regarding the use of ICT devices adapted for content access and positioning in museums, will result in the implementation of the same in public and/or private museum institutions and the advance of the Society in the knowledge and application of the Design for All criteria.
http://www.gvam.es/
eVIA, Technology Platform for Independent Life and Accessibility.
The technological area covered by eVIA is that of the so-called Technologies for health and well-being, which include fields normally set in the framework of concepts such as eInclusion, eHealth and Ageing Well. This platform is the first of those in the AETIC secretariat which has a clear focus on innovation rather than on investigation. Its objective is to draw together the developments carried out in the rest of the technology platforms and introduce into project generation the rest of the agents in the chain of value. Innovation should be based on technology integration and business development.
http://www.idi.aetic.es/evia/
AEGIS (Open Accessibility Everywhere: Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards).
The AEGIS project (Open Accessibility Everywhere: Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards) is orientated towards investigating a third generation of accessible techniques for the three technologies which are the most developed currently in Europe and which have the greatest social penetration: desktop applications, semantically enriched Web contents and mobile applications.
The promotion of this focus is based on the “Open Accessibility Framework” (OAF), which provides accessible technical solutions, such as tools for the developers, with an eye to incorporating accessibility into current and emerging products in the ICT field, generally based on Plug and Play systems, which can be personalised and configured, and which are realistic and applicable in various contexts.
http://www.aegis-project.eu/
INREDIS (Relating Interfaces between the Environment and People with Disabilities).
The INREDIS Project, approved in July 2007 is a CENIT project (Consorcios Estratégicos Nacionales de Investigación Técnica – National Strategic Consortium of Technical Investigation) which is inscribed in the Spanish government initiative INGENIO 2010 managed by the CDTI (Centro de Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial – Industrial Technological Development Centre) and led by Technosite, an ONCE Foundation technological company. The basis of the Project is the development of basic technologies which create communication and interaction channels between people with some type of special need and their environment. INREDIS is developing basic investigation in the field of accessible and interoperational technologies during the period 2007-2010. The budget for the INREDIS Project amounts to 23.6 million euros.
The INREDIS Project implies a refocusing of the application of technology. Until now technological advances have tended to be embodied in the form of “product modifications” in order that the product may be used by people with functional diversity. INREDIS intends to take a technological leap based on the development of a system capable of interoperating with existing devices on the market and which is based on a protocol of universal interoperability, so that it can be adapted to new market standards, maintaining compatibility with the previous systems and being extremely easy to use. The extent of these technological results will imply a major social repercussion at global level as it will be an important advance in the field of accessibility for the collectives of people with disabilities and will help to notably improve their quality of life.
http://www.inredis.es/