Measures like inclusion plans, appropriate recruitment processes, staff involvement, work adaptations, mentors’ involvement or post- inclusion monitoring processes must be put in place to fully include persons with disabilities in the workplace. My name is Salomé Barreira, I’m from Portugal and I am Head of Talent Acquisition & Development at the department store El Corte…
Expert and consultant in areas related to management of public employment services and to support the definition of public policies for employment and vocational training and for social inclusion. She has held many national roles in the Minister of Labour including working as the Advisor to the Secretary of State for Employment and Vocational Training,…
José Nogueira holds a degree in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Lisbon and is PhD in Public Policy from ISCTE – IUL (University Institute of Lisbon), with a thesis on disability. Researcher, Senior Consultant, expert in Public Policy and evaluation of social impact in projects of disability, inclusion and Human Rights; he is the…
Organizing events and keeping in touch with people is not only her profession, but also her passion. Edit got closer to autism in 2013 when she became the project manager of the Autism-Europe’s XI Congress in Budapest from the organizing agency. She met Zsuzsanna Szilvasy during this time, and since then she has been working on supporting…
Zsuzsanna is Director of the Mars. Zsuzsanna is the director of Mars Foundation. She has been involved in autism organisations, both in Hungary and at the European level, for the past fifteen years. Zsuzsanna was the president of the Hungarian Autistic Society for four years and has played a key role in advocating for the…
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…
Marco A. has a degree in Social Education at University of Burgos and Psychopedagogy at University of Salamanca. He also has a postdegree in Educational Research and Educational Counselor at University of Salamanca. He has been working at Autismo Burgos since 2015, he has worked in several services of the Association such as residential service,…
Law Degree, University of Burgos. Post Degree Studies at the University of Burgos with the project “Services for People with Autism”, obtaining the qualification of Cum Laude in December 2009. Title of Advanced Studies and Research proficiency by the University of Burgos. Autism Burgos´s Manager since 1989. Wide experience in the management and coordination of European…
Teresa joined FPDA – Federação Portuguesa de Autismo in March, 2018 and since that she works as Educational Psychologist in the elaboration and implementation of the projects carried out by FPDA. Previously Teresa worked for Associação Pais-em-Rede doing the evaluation, follow up and an intervention through a person centered planning of young and adult people…
Andreia joined FPDA – Federação Portuguesa de Autismo in February, 2018 and since that she works as Educational Psychologist in the elaboration and implementation of some of the projects carried out by FPDA. Previously, Andreia was working as volunteer in London in the Portuguese Speakers Community Centre where over a year she did the follow…