Discover Health and Fitness Apps Developed for Autistic People
Screenshot of the Santé BD website: santebd.org Accessing healthcare services for autistic people can be a significant barrier, as they may face discrimination, communication difficulties, sensory sensitivities, lack of predictability,[...]
IVEA App: Access to Employment for Autistic People
Unfortunately, autistic individuals experience higher unemployment rates compared to people with other disabilities: 80% of autistic people are estimated to be unemployed worldwide (Ki-moon, 2015), and for example, unemployment rates[...]
Learn About Apps for Time Management and Autism Awareness
Digital technology is a great tool to improve the social inclusion of people on the autism spectrum and develop communication, language skills, organisation and autonomy, reading and writing, psychomotor skills,[...]
Testimonies from autistic people, families and professionals about the use of technologies #ErasmusDays 2023
Under the #ErasmusDays 2023, the FPDA-Portuguese Autism Federation, which is a partner in the IDEAL project, gathered a series of testimonies from people with autism, family members, and professionals about[...]
IDEAL at the technology event MorcillaConf
Last Saturday at the eighth edition of Morcilla Conf, the most important IT development congress in Burgos, Juan García from Abadía Tecnológica presented the IDEAL project. In today's digital age,[...]
The story behind the “New Home” for autistic adults in Czechia
Born in 1993 in Czech Republic, Katka was diagnosed with autism at the age of five. Although her parents received written confirmation of their daughter's diagnosis, they were left on[...]
IDEAL: Technology and autism in exceptional situations
The world has lived through exceptional circumstances due to the pandemic, in which the social routine has been radically modified. As mentioned by Corres and Santamaría (2020), ‘The context of[...]
The IDEAL project consortium meets in Lisbon.
On April 27-28, the IDEAL partners met in Lisbon for the second transnational partners meeting. During this meeting, Abadía Tecnológica presented the platform that has been designed according to the[...]
IDEAL partners join the “Building an inclusive society for autistic people” campaign for #AutismDay2023
In the month marking #AutismDay2023 on 2 April, the IDEAL partners join Autism-Europe’s awareness-raising campaign “Building an inclusive society for autistic people”, an opportunity to reflect on the advances made[...]