Overview: Topics of the Month 2017
January 2017: Love and relationship
03.01.2017
Human relations play an important role for many people. When it comes to love and relationships the specific ideas about it can differ a lot. People with disabilities are no exception in this case. What did they experience? How does online dating work for them? And what is life like as a lesbian woman with a disability? Get to know all this in our Topic of the Month January: Love and relationship.
February 2017: Animal helpers
01.02.2017
Whether fur, feathers or bristles, whether only on a visit or as an assistant in a therapeutical setting – animals often have a positive effect on people, no matter whether with or without a disability. This impact can be used with purpose, for example to mobilize people with dementia again. What kind of role a pig can play in this context and what a pony has to do in a hospice?
March 2017: Living with an invisible disability
01.03.2017
Everybody of us could have a disability. For not every impairment is perceptible for others. This often also has social consequences. What is life like for a young woman who deals with language and communication in university and job life, but also lives with aphasia? And how does everyday life of a mother with Multiple Sclerosis and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder look like?
April 2017: Intercultural care
03.04.2017
Whether at home, in a nursing home or a hospice – people in need of care should always get the best care possible. Thereby, carers have to pay attention to individual factors like a different cultural background for example. REHACARE.com shows why this is so important by the example of some culturally sensitive projects in our Topic of the Month April: intercultural care.
May 2017: Active in everyday life and while traveling
02.05.2017
Whether culture or sports, whether at home or on vacation – there are more and more offers for people with different disabilities who want to live their life as actively as possible. What kind of opportunities blind and vision impaired travel fans have and what the website travelable.info is all about, you will get to know in our Topic of the Month May: Active in everyday life and while traveling.
June 2017: Accessible medical practices
01.06.2017
From ramps to orientation systems for blind people to making an appointment online – accessibility is diverse, also in the medical field. Get to know in our current Topic of the Month June "Accessible medical practices" which requirements practices should meet in the best case, what kind of experiences people with different disabilities have made and how the situation is like in Vienna, Austria.
July 2017: Inclusion in professional life
03.07.2017
May it be a deaf waiter or salesclerk of small stature – people with disabilities should be able to choose quite different professions, according to what they really want to do. But reality is often different. But what kind of best practice examples in Germany already exist and which ways other countries go, you will get to know in our Topic of the Month July: Inclusion in professional life.
August 2017: Inclusive living in the quarter
01.08.2017
Sufficiently adapted housing space belongs to human basic needs. But especially accessible apartements and also accessible surrounding are often in short supply. What is the current status quo of quarter development in Germany? Which projects for people with different disabilities are already planned and implemented? You will get to know in our current Topic of the Month August.
September 2017: Mobility: On the go in road traffic
01.09.2017
Bus, subway, taxi – there are many ways to get around on the road. However, not all means of transportation are adapted to the needs of people with different disabilities. In our Topic of the Month you can read how the German taxi market is supposed to become more inclusive, how people with disabilities can achieve mobility competence and to what extent autonomous driving opens new perspectives.
October 2017: Self-determined living after stroke
02.10.2017
Which therapy methods are common today? How does a stroke mentor help on the way to a self-determined life and how a single moment can change a life.