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Curacao Dolphin Therapy Center

  19-03-2018

A unique and effective therapy program provided by qualified therapists in cooperation with dolphins in an inviting Caribbean environment. Discover how it makes a real, positive difference in people?s lives.

Accessible Travel Week by Martyn Sibley.

  29-03-2016

We welcome you to Accessible Travel Week, a new yearly educational campaign to help spark the debate about the difficulties of accessible travel. Using fun & educational videos and guides Martyn Sibley will reveal his best strategies for overcoming the many hurdles to accessible travel so other disabled people can enjoy life-changing adventures too.

CEAPAT. Open Doors Week

  17-06-2015

The National Reference Centre for Personal Autonomy and Technical Aids (Ceapat) is holding the Week of Open Doors 2015. On this occasion, the center will receive on Monday the visit of Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality, Alfonso Alonso. The mission of the National Reference Centre for Personal Autonomy and Technical Aids (Ceapat) is to contribute to making the rights of persons with disabilities and older persons effective, through integral accessibility, assistive products and technologies and design for all

Cumbre Bey-Kilimanjaro Challenge.

  10-06-2015

Gema Hassen-Bey is a Spanish Paralympic medallist in fencing who has taken part in five consecutive Paralympic Games and winning four medals. With "Cumbre Bey - Kilimanjaro Challenge" she wants to set up a milestone being the first women on a wheelchair reaching the Summit, with her on effort (no help), the Summit of Africa?s Roof, the Kilimanjaro, 5,895 metres high.

Genny 2.0 Urban. The ultimate solution

  01-06-2015

Genny 2.0 UrbanGenny? was born from the intuition of Paolo Badano,businessman who, due to a banal road accident, has been living for over twenty years with his wheelchair. Following the accident, over the years, Paolo looked for a way to improve his daily mobility, but without finding anything able to make him break away from the usual schemes. The four-wheelel wheelchair not only seemed constraining and often aesthetically arguable, but had a clearly obsolete technology as well.