Throughout February 2019, IVEA partners set three different focus groups in Spain, Hungary and Portugal to identify the soft skills that need to be addressed in the framework of the IVEA training to ensure full inclusion of persons with autism in the labour market. The IVEA project has chosen this form of qualitative research in…
In parallel to the second meeting of the IVEA project held in April 9 in Budapest (Hungary), partners took part on a study visit to Kocka Csoki, a chocolate manufacturer employing adults with autism, to learn about their experiences and how they make chocolate bars. The objective of this social enterprise is to improve the…
From the 9th to the 10th April 2019, 13 partners from 5 different countries met in Budapest (Hungary) to hold the second transnational meeting of the Erasmus+ project IVEA to assess the project’s progress as well as to ensure its viability and success. After an introduction led by the hosting association Mars autistákért Alapítvány, the…
For the first time, a dialogue session was held between members of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and autistic advocates on the side lines of the Committee’s 21st Session. It was organised by Autism-Europe – with the support of the Government of Malta – on the eve of World Autism Awareness Day in the United…
On World Autism Awareness Day (April 2), IVEA partners joined the Autism-Europe’s awareness raising campaign as a way of showing their commitment to promote a society inclusive of all and accepting of diversity. It is estimated that 7 million people are on the autism spectrum in the European Union. Most of them experience widespread discrimination…
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