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Chrysallis - Close to Disability

Misson and activities:

- Our mission is to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities
Our activities are:
-Counselling and support to people with disabilities and their families
-Workshops, seminars, conferences, training sessions on disability and ICT issues.
- Provision of accessible e-learning environment that offers educational content (courses, games, etc.).
- Consultation of policies and strategies for the Information Society in terms of Accessibility and Usability
- Development of accessible websites and content (CMS, online searchable databases, etc).

Our non governmental, non-profit, organization works at the national level.

Our organization is mainly run, controlled and represented by disabled people.

We have expertise, or are interested in cooperating with other organizations, in the areas of:

- Research on disability field
- Surveys on ICT and disability issues
- Cooperation in EU projects
- Volunteer or traineeship opportunities
- Exchange knowledge and experiences in disability and ICT
- Development and assessment of new accessible technologies

We may be able to refer disabled persons to wheelchair accessible housing or transportation or other services in our city.

We have traineeships or volunteer positions that people with disabilities are welcome to apply for.

Our traineeships or volunteer positions are open to applicants from abroad.

People planning to come to our city are welcome to contact us to find out about accessibility and services in Athens. We may be able to help with information.

Contact us:

Contact person:Helen Peter
Email:info@chrysallis.eu
Phone:+30 210 5230444
Fax:+30 210 5230447
Home page:http://www.chrysallis.eu
Address:34 Veranzerou str
104 32
Athens
Greece
Greece

This entry added: Wednesday 17th October 2007. (record #1060) Changed: Friday 28th December 2007. Link checked Thursday 24th April 2008.

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