Graduated in Social Education at the University of Burgos (UBU), he currently works in the APITEA (Comprehensive psychosocial care for people with Autism) Program Autismo Burgos where he works as an employment consultant. he is also the coordinator of the I.T. (Information Technology) department. Previously, Miguel worked for various NGO´s and for the European project Equalred (labor insertion of people at risk of social exclusion) as a project technician. In the field of international projects, he has collaborated as an researcher in the “Autism and Uni Project” (2014–2016), a project with the objective of knowing the current situation of young people with autism in higher education as well as the strategies that work best and the tools they need to get success in their studies. He has participated in the e-LIGE project. He developed an App to facilitate the temporary structuring of people with autism. This app received the prize for educational innovation from the Minister of Education of Spain in 2010. Also he is the coordinator of “the Journey of Elisa”, This project has involved the participatory design of a videogame framed within the Serious Games genre, which aims to raise awareness of the characteristics and needs of people with Autism to students of Secondary education. He has participated and presented papers in many conferences and seminars about Autism and IT. |