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.

3. Goals Improving access to ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) of people with disabilities. Enhance communication and the use made of the Internet by people with intellectual disabilities. Improve the accessibility of web 2.0 on the Internet. Facilitate the social integration of people with disabilities.

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.

5. Pilot collaborators ATADES from Zaragoza APDIS from Utrera (Sevilla) FASAD Foundation from Gijón (Asturias) El Maresme Foundation from Mataró (Barcelona)

6. Pilot associations Madrid Down Syndrome Foundation Charity House Òmnia Point from Valls (Tarragona) Basque Country Down Syndrome Foundation Murcia Down Syndrome Foundation

7. Program’s stages Stage 1 Needs analysis with and audit online tool. 8 collaborators selection for the pilot phase. Equipment and training for collaborators Stage 2 Community development. Community implementation and pilot testing through 6 months. Project tracking and analysis. Stage 3 Launching and facilitation of the open community.

8. Esplai Foundation promotes several citizenship e-inclusion projects Facilitation and coordination processes on Spanish networks (Red Conecta, Conecta Joven, Xarxa Òmnia) Employability towards ICT and professional profile definition of telecentre facilitators on Europe (Telecentre Europe) Functional diversity and ICT (Accesibles Telecentres, Disability and ICT training, Accedo 2.0) E-learning for social and digital facilitators. Methodology 2.0 as a strategy for the social, professional and educational use of technology.

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]