Projects

Alliance Action for accessible Information Technology, Abl Project

Logo AbI Project

 

Status of the AbI Project

Objectives

  • Make the internet and intranet for people with various disabilities. Focus areas are: work, education and training, e-learning and internet job searches.
  • The AbI Project promotes co-operation initiatives and projects dealing with accessibility on the internet. The working groups are voluntary initiatives and institutions are active. Internet agencies can also be part of this network as supporters.
  • The sustainable accessibility should be supported by: Public relations materials, training courses and other meetings.

Selected results

Agencies responsible for the project

  • Federal Association for Self Help (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Selbsthilfe):
    www.bag-selbsthilfe.de
  • Research Institute for Technology and Disability (Forschungsinstitut Technologie und Behinderung):
    www.ftb-net.de
  • Rehabilitation Technology, Faculty of Rehabilitation Science, University of Dortmund (Rehabilitationstechnologie Fakultät Rehabilitationswissenschaften):
    www.reha-technologie.de
  • WEB for ALL (im VbI e.V.): www.webforall.info
  • Social Federation of Germany (Sozialverband VdK Deutschland): www.vdk.de

Duration: August 2006 - August 2009

Sponsor: Federal Ministry for Work and Welfare (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales - BMAS):
www.bmas.bund.de

Further information

Logo of the registration office for the Webbarriers AbI-Project

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Heidelberg city guide for people with disabilities

A blind woman waits for the tram

Objectives

  • Blind and visually impaired people should be able to find their way independently in Heidelberg. The route to important public facilities should be easy to follow.
  • Wheelchair users can read which restaurants, cafes, hotels, parks, cultural and educational facilities are accessible for them.
  • Hearing impaired people should be able to find out which facilities have hearing aid devices available.

Sponsor: City of Heidelberg: www.heidelberg.de

Agency responsible for the project

The city guide is only available online at:
www.stadtfuehrer-fuer-behinderte-heidelberg.de

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City guide "Simply experience Heidelberg"

Children look on curiously at the 'Building with a well'

Objectives

  • WEB for ALL works with 12 - 16 years olds to make a Heidelberg city guide in simple language.
  • To encourage the collaboration between children and young people with and without disabilities.
  • Children and adolescents with learning disabilities are actively involved in the project.

Agency responsible for the project

Duration: July - October 2007

Sponsor: 'Regional advancement' program SAP AG

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Country without barriers, LOB-Project

WEB for All employee Florian Rimmler explains the usage of internet to 3 older participants.

Objectives

  • Disabled and elderly people living in Baden-Württemberg should be able to navigate easily through the internet.
  • Internet sites with greater significance for the elderly and disabled rural dwellers should be made more accessible.
  • Elderly and disabled people are to be supported at home by volunteer supervisors. This individual supervision currently offered in 3 regions.

Selected results

  • The easy to understand "How can I navigate the internet?" guide for disabled and elderly internet users.
  • Over 30 volunteers to support 100 users.
  • More than 100 participants trained in accessibility web design training: 3 courses for beginners and 5 courses for experts. 250 participants were made aware of accessibility issue in 6 meetings.
  • The Websites of 35 districts of Baden-Württemberg were reviewed for accessibility.

Agencies responsible for the project

  • Association for Occupational Integration and Qualification (Verein zur beruflichen Integration und Qualifizierung - VbI):
    www.vbi-heidelberg.de
  • WEB for ALL: www.webforall.info
  • Equal Opportunity Charity of the Heidelberg Region (Der PARITÄTISCHE Wohlfahrtsverband, region Heidelberg):
    www.paritaet-hd.de

Duration: January 2005 - February 2007

Sponsor

Further information:

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Holiday action "Trip to a barrier free Web"

Participants in front of the Graffiti wall

Objectives

  • Non-disabled children aged 10 to 14 learn about barriers that can be encountered on the Internet.
  • The children learn to create web accessible web pages.

Agencies responsible for the project

Duration: 7 - 18 August 2006

Sponsor: Regional advancement program SAP AG

Internet: http://ferienaktion-heidelberg2006.webforall.info/

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Project "Accessibility learning"

Visually impaired participants training

Objectives

  • Allow training or qualification of disabled web designers and programmers to enable them to work in agencies and multimedia departments.
  • To increase the employability of disable people.
  • To encourage the internet to be more accessible.

Selected results

  • Provide 9 training courses for web designers and allow for spreading this information through network.
  • Training of 16 people with disabilities; 9 severely disabled web designers were trained for over a month

Agency responsible for the project

Duration: November 2003 - July 2005

Sponsor: Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg:
www.landesstiftung-bw.de

Further information

The Project "Learn accessibility ":
http://barrierefreiheit-lernen.webforall.info/


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