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Accessible Digital Journalism and Media Literacy for People with Intellectual Disability.

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2020-1-ES01-KA204-082417
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for adult education Funder Contribution: 234,245 EUR

Accessible Digital Journalism and Media Literacy for People with Intellectual Disability.

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Intellectual disability involves a series of limitations in the skills that the person learns to function in his daily life. This intellectual disability is expressed when the person developes in his environment, that is why the disability depends both on the person himself and on the barriers and obstacles around him. This project aims to create an easier and more accessible environment in the field of information and communication. Not everyone has it just as easy to read, analyze and understand. Newspapers, news, magazines, etc. are hardly accessible for people with intellectual disabilities due to aspects such as terminology, abstraction and the complexity of concepts in articles and written news. This aggravates an often existing situation of isolation and ignorance of the world around them.The project aims to encourage the interest of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in journalism and reading the media and communication; through the creation of a methodology supported by an ICT tool for the adaptation and reading of newspaper articles, magazines and other digital information for easy reading. The adoption of this methodology will nourish the cultural baggage of people with disabilities, in addition to being a socially inclusive activity; since cognitive accessibility represents a window of opportunity and freedom for this group.Overall objective:The general objective is to guarantee the right to be informed, creating for this an innovative co-working methodology, supported by the use of ICT, and aimed at adapting current news to Easy Reading.Specific objectives:- Promote the use of the easy reading system through the adaptation of written news to facilitate its understanding by people with intellectual disabilities.- Empower people with ID through media literacy and learning techniques to adapt texts to easy reading, so that they are able to contrast information, obtain it from reliable sources and recognize 'fake news' and help other people with reading comprehension difficulties.- Create workshops to adapt news to Easy Reading (EASYNEWS methodology) in residences of people with intellectual disabilities and other organizations.- Create a digital portal of news in easy reading of free access to make reading accessible to people with intellectual disabilities.To achieve these objectives, two Intellectual Results will be developed: * Manual of Accessible Media Literacy and Adaptation of Texts to Easy Reading accessible to people with Intellectual Disabilities. * Development of the methodology and the EASYNEWS Digital Portal for the creation of workshops to adapt news to Easy Reading, based on the use of ICT. * Guide for parents of children and youth with disabilities in promoting reading habits.The work methodology to achieve these O1, O2 and O3 will be based on the active participation of the beneficiaries themselves. It will work through co-working sessions, with ID people participating in the creation of the methodology and the Digital Portal. The beneficiaries will decide how the tool will be. That will allow them to stay informed through the written press. More than 40 people with ID will directly participate in this project. These people will contribute with their ideas, their needs, and will make decisions jointly with the project technicians regarding the design of the methodology and the Digital Portal.There will also be a Learning Activity, where a total of 18 beneficiaries will learn how to implement EASYNEWS, carry out practical activities and when they return they will take the initiative in implementing EASYNEWS in their centers.By the end of the project, EASYNEWS is expected to be applied in at least 5 support centers for people with disabilities, in addition to the project's partner centers.The results of the application of EASYNEWS represent a great improvement in the abilities of people with ID and in their quality of life:- Improvement in reading and writing.- Greater interest in reading.- Knowledge in the adaptation of texts to Easy Reading- Greater interest in the world around them.- Greater media education- Improvement in social integration.- Awareness of intellectual disability.The impact on people with ID will be direct to the quality of life of people. The group and the needs and supports it needs regarding access to information would be made visible, while at the same time executing their right to be informed. In this way, they would also promote their social inclusion, being able to perform specific and valued roles, and understanding the context for making decisions, thus becoming full citizens.

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