The Erasmus + education project "TOGETHER WE CAN OVERCOME BARRIERS: Strategy for the equity inclusion of young people with albinism at the center and in the classroom" has now completed and the results and outputs have been published by ALBA Asociación para la ayuda a personas con albinismo on a dedicated website at http://www.albinismo.es/educacion/
This project, coordinated by ALBA and with participation from the associations of people with albinism from Italy (ALBINIT), Norway (NFFA) and Denmark (DFFA), was funded by the Erasmus Plus Program of the European Union.
This project began in 2016 with the aim of investigating and exchanging experiences related to the educational experience of students with albinism and/or with visual impairment, and learning about the types of adaptations that are used in different European countries for the inclusion of people with albinism in primary education classrooms.
The project has resulted in the development of two guides whose purpose is to help combat educational inequalities generated by the barriers and obstacles faced by students with albinism in primary education.
- Guide for the formation of the educational environment for the education of students with the genetic condition of albinism and/or visual deficiencies in the plan of attention to diversity (PAD)
- Guide for the elaboration of an individualized curricular adaptation of access and the creation of specific tools for students with severe visual impairment related to their genetic condition of albinism.
For more information and download the guides, visit www.albinismo.es/educacion
The first meeting was held in March 2016 at the School Escolapias in Valencia (Spain). It was attended by representatives of the School Escolapias de Valencia, ALBA - Association of Aid to People with Albinism, Danish Association of People with Albinism DFFA, Norwegian Association of People with Albinism NFFA, and the Italian Association of People with Albinism ALBINIT.
The second meeting took place in May 2017 at the school "Sølvgades skole" in Copenhagen (Denmark) with Marie Schack and Lasse Klyver as hosts in Denmark; from Norway, Ingunn Engebretsen and Eva Elida Skraamestoe; from Italy Emanuele Regalini and Marzio-Glauco Ghezzi and from Spain Mónica Puerto, Purificación Párraga, Ana Yturralde and Juan Carlos Yuste.
In September 2017, the third meeting was held at the "Scuola Media Statale Vivaio" in Milan (Italy) with the participation of Emanuele Regalini, Simona Robagliati, Elisa Tronconi and Lucia Pellegrini as hosts in Italy; from Denmark, Marie Schack and Lasse Klyver; from Norway, Ingunn Engebretsen and Eva Elida Skråmestø; and from Spain Mónica Puerto, Purificación Párraga, Ana Yturralde and Enrique Puig.
In March 2018 the fourth and final meeting took place in Norway, at the "Holkksund ungdomsskole" school in Hokksund (Norway) with the participation of Ingunn Engebretsen and Kjeld Christian Fjeldvig as hosts in Norway; from Denmark, Marie Schack and Lasse Klyver; from Italy Emanuele Regalini and Marzio-Glauco Ghezzi and from Spain Mónica Puerto, Purificación Párraga, Ana Yturralde, Juan Carlos Yuste and Enrique Puig.
Finally, the results of this project were presented during the XII ALBA Conference on Albinism held in the Town of San Rafael, Segovia (Spain).
