The CD’s central theme is accessibility within the context of disability. Uma Aventura em Cascais- Aprender, brincar e ajudar a construir sem barreiras is a challenge for all, and in particular for children, to build a more inclusive society. Given that public areas are an obstacle course for people with reduced mobility, teaching accessiblity for all is an urgent exercise of citizenship.

The attached document corresponds to the evaluation report of the CD Uma Aventura em Cascais- Aprender, brincar e ajudar a construir sem barreiras. This is a work document which is being completed.

It includes the following:

The CD is a pedagogic instrument for building awareness of the issues of disability and accessibility which may be used individually or in a group and which is geared towards user autonomy in the interaction with the games and characters presented.

The dissemination process aimed to reach various audiences:

The CD’s game component introduces children to the subject of accessibility and disability, proposing their active participation in the construction of a public space by all and for all.

Of the 7,050 copies produced, 5,700 were distributed for free all over the country. At a local level the CD involved around 637 pupils from the 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic education who were part of the Projecto Guardiões da Acessibilidade; they presented the CD to a total of 1,715 pupils from the 1st cycle of basic education spread over 33 schools. 5,600 pupils had direct contact with the CD.

The direct beneficiaries of the CD are children aged between 6 -12, namely pupils attending the 1st and 2nd cycles of basic education.
As a pedagogic instrument the CD is an innovative tool, available to the educational community, in particular to teachers and parents, for broaching the subject of disability and accessibility.

In the long term disabled people are also indirect beneficiaries through the construction of a more inclusive society.

The CD is an initiative of the Comissão Para a Pessoa Com Deficiência do Concelho de Cascais (CPD) (Cascais District Committee for Disabled People); 8 member institutions participated in its elaboration, namely:

The participation of the schools and institutions behind the Projecto Guardiões da Acessibilidade were essential to the dissemination of the CD at a district level.

The CD was presented publicly by a group of 5 pupils from the 1st and 2nd cycles of basic education, one of whom was physically disabled, on 3rd December 2004 (International Day of the Disabled Person).

There has been no EU funding.

There has only been the dissemination of EU legislation regarding disability as well as the directives transposed to national legislation along with domestically initiated legislation related to disability.

Câmara Municipal de Cascais - Divisão de Desenvolvimento Social e Saúde
Ricardo Jorge Caldeira Fernandes, tel. +351 21 48 15 276

/01/2004

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Urban Policy

Social inclusion & integration