On World Autism Awareness Day (April 2), partners of the IVEA project participated in the second stage of Autism-Europe’s awareness raising campaign, “I can learn. I can work”. The campaign aims to inform and raise awareness on access to education and employment for people on the autism spectrum, even during the pandemic and its containment…
On October 29th, around 50 people from different parts of Spain joined the online IVEA project national event to discuss autism and employment. The event was organised by Autismo Burgos and held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was attended by stakeholders in public administration and companies from different sectors including technology, automobile…
IVEA project partner, Autism-Europe has gathered useful resources and tips from across the world to help autistic people and their families navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. This time of crisis has been and continues to be particularly challenging for autistic people who see a disruption in their routine, and have difficulty facing uncertainty and change, all…
The situation surrounding COVID-19 caught everyone off guard this year and no one imagined that it would completely change the way we work. Several months have passed now and IVEA partners have widely demonstrated resilience and commitment to continue with the project activities despite the global situation. Unfortunately, like many other projects and programmes, the…
On World Autism Awareness Day (April 2), partners of the IVEA project joined Autism-Europe’s two-year awareness raising campaign as a way of showing their commitment to promoting access to education and employment for people on the autism spectrum. In line with the objectives of the IVEA project, the campaign recognizes the importance of providing access…
On 8th November 2019, the Mars Foundation kicked off the training “New dynamics for professional inclusion of people on the autism spectrum” with the first face-to-face session in Hungary, Budapest, in the framework of the Erasmus+ project IVEA. The session addressed HR specialist working for potential employers willing to employ autistic adults, and decision makers. The…
On October 30 2019, 40 people on the autism spectrum and their families, policy-makers, NGOs, HR personnel from various companies, and media participated at the IVEA project national event in Budapest (Hungary) to discuss autism and employment, held by the Mars Foundation (Mars Alapítvány) at the Marriott Hotel. The half-day event was opened by the representative…
On October 21st 2019, eleven companies and social entities participated in the first face-to-face session of the IVEA training “New dynamics for professional inclusion of people on the Autism Spectrum” on access to employment for young people on the autism spectrum, hosted by Autismo Burgos. The training counts with 40 hours of online training and…
On October 16th 2019, Portuguese partners Federação Portuguesa de Autismo (FPDA) and Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) delivered the first face-to-face session in Portugal of the training “New dynamics for professional inclusion of people on the Autism Spectrum” addressed to potential employers. The session was attended by nine persons working for seven different companies. The training, that will…
From the 8th to the 9th October 2019, IVEA partners from Portugal, Hungary, Greece and Belgium, gathered in Spain, at the third transnational meeting of the project, kindly hosted by Autismo Burgos. During this two-days meeting, 12 partners gathered at the facilities of Autismo Burgos to exchange updates about the project and assess the first…