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047 - Inclusive editorial training, Jugend am Werk/Kurier, Austria
CONTACT
Jugend am Werk Begleitung von Menschen mit Behinderung GmbH, KURIER
Mr. Ralf Wohlers (Jugend am Werk Begleitung von Menschen mit Behinderung GmbH)
Mr. Hubert Huber (KURIER)
Austria
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+43 1 52100 2260 / +43 699 19710130
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OVERALL GOAL /MISSION
There are many people with intellectual disabilities that cannot follow the regular news and are therefore
disadvantaged in information. Apart from that, there are only a few official websites that provide their information
easy-to-read. Since official websites should be accessible for everyone, there is an enormous need for easy-to-read
information. The mission of the project is to teach people with handicap to produce easy-to-read news reports.
Participants, all people with special needs, are trained to understand the journalistic approach to information. The
overarching goals are to prepare participants for regular jobs, especially as experts for easy-to-read texts and eventually
to provide easy-to-read news on a daily basis for the online-platform of the KURIER, an Austrian daily paper.
THE SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED
Participants, all people with special needs, are trained to understand the journalistic approach to information. They
learn to write their own stories and other texts into easy-to-read texts. Furthermore, they learn to handle modern
information technology and to publish in the web. With the easy-to-read news, important information for persons with
intellectual disabilities is provided. Tests have shown that a special editorial team was needed to provide easy-to-read
news on a regular basis. The media company was not able to fund such team, so a cooperation with a community
organization, allowed to implement the program. In this way, persons with disabilities become specialists for easy-to-
read texts.
COUNTRY IN WHICH IT WAS DEVELOPED: Austria
COUNTRY/ COUNTRIES IN WHICH IT IS OPERATING: Austria
FACTS ABOUT SIZE AND SCOPE
 The inclusive editorial training group consists of 6 participants (people with some kind of disability), 2 pedagogic
attendants, 2 journalists as instructors
 Currently the project is planned for three years
 The project in fully funded by Fonds Soziales Wien, the social service provider of Vienna Outlook