• Workforce Development

DIVERSITY-LIVED

DIVERSITY-LIVED aims to help professionals to experience and better understand some of the challenges faced by people with disabilities.  

Project summary 

How can professionals truly understand the barriers faced by people with disabilities if they have never experienced them themselves? 

DIVERSITY-LIVED responds to this challenge by developing an immersive training for health and social care professionals that will enable them to experience some of the daily challenges faced by people with disabilities.  

By improving the empathetic understanding and practical competences of care professionals, the project will enhance the quality and inclusiveness of care. 

The project will develop an innovative training methodology using disability simulators. This approach will empower educators to adopt innovative educational strategies, create supportive learning environments, reinforce inclusive values and improve accessibility in adult education. By directly experiencing mobility, vision and hearing barriers, professionals will gain first-hand insight into the obstacles people with disabilities encounter in their everyday lives. This will ultimately drivemeaningful improvements in care and support for people with disabilities.  

Target groups 

  • Health professionals and social care workers (direct care practitioners, physicians, nurses, therapists, caretakers, etc.); 

  • Educators and trainers in health, social care, VET and higher education; 

  • Students and pre-service professionals; 

  • People with disabilities. 

Project results 

The project will deliver three core results: 

  • Educational Methodology Manual: A comprehensive manual guiding the use of disability simulators in educational and professional training settings. 

  •  “Diversity-Lived Learning Situations through Disability Simulators” Book: A practical resource presenting real-life simulated learning scenarios for professionals to engage with and reflect upon. 

  • Specialised Training Course: An inclusive training programme for health and social care professionals, implementing and testing the Manual and the Learning Situations Book across participating countries. 

Activities 

  • National and EU-level multiplier events; 

  • The development of international Network of Experts to facilitate ongoing collaboration and knowledge sharing in the field; 

  • A virtual community of practice;  

  • A final Conference. 

Duration 

31 December 2025 – 30 December 2028 

News 

Kicking off a new project: Diversity-Lived.

Partnership 

Contact  

  • Ángela Corbí, Membership Officer at EASPD 

Funding 

Erasmus+ 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the project and project consortium only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission Neither the European Union nor European Commission can be held responsible for them. 

 

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