Accedo 2.0 was a 20-month program to create and test a virtual community with social networking features designed to be accessible and usable for people with mild intellectual disabilities. The goals were to improve access to information technologies for people with disabilities, enhance communication and Internet use, and facilitate social integration. Various organizations from around Spain collaborated in developing, managing, and pilot testing the virtual community.

1. Accedo 2.0 Virtual Community for people with intellectual disability

2. What is Accedo 2.0? It’s a 20 month long program, from 2009 to 2011, developed for creating and testing a virtual community with social networking features, designed under accessibility and usability criteria and to be used by mild intellectual disability people. It is funded by Advance 2 Plans of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade.

4. Who is involved? Esplai Foundation in Barcelona, UNED in Madrid and FASAD in Gijon as program developers and managers with the support of 8 entities from 7 different Spanish regions that launch pilot testing of the community.

9. More information about our projects: http://www.accedo20.org http://www.redconecta.net http://comunitatomnia.ning.com http://metodologiadospuntzero.ning.com/ http://moodle.esplai.org http://www.fundacionesplai.org

10. Contact: [email_address] Gabriel González [email_address] Cristina Espinosa [email_address]