MATE Network: an experience of intervention in visual disability

Authors

  • Jimena López Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
  • César Pereyra Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
  • Mariana Valdez Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Keywords:

human rights, disability, ICT, accessibility, inclusion

Abstract

In this article, we aim at sharing the experience of Red MATE (Red de Materiales y Apoyos Tiflo Educativos) of the School of Communication Sciences of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, a project that has been underway for ten years. At the beginning, we started by addressing a specific problem, namely that of the difficulty students face to access their study  materials.  We were later able to broaden our objectives, aiming on the one hand at encouraging greater reflection in relation  to the rights of people with disabilities within the university and society in general; and  on the other hand, at fostering the involvement and social commitment of people with disabilities and of the whole community. From the outset of the project, the main objective was that the recipients play the most important role, and this has posed a great challenge throughout these ten years.

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References

Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad, (2006), Sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York.

Palacios, A. y Romañach, J., (2006), El modelo de la diversidad: la bioética y los derechos humanos como herramientas para alcanzar la plena dignidad en la diversidad funcional, España: Diversitas.

Pantano, L., (2013), “Datos de la realidad para la comprensión de la discapacidad”. Contextos de educación, 13 (14), pp. 1-14.

Published

2019-04-09