Project: MAKE IT WORK

Organisation: Fondazione Istituto dei Sordi di Torino ONLUS

 About the project

MAKE IT WORK project will develop tools and training materials designed to provide access to employment regulations in an inclusive and accessible way for d/Deaf young job seekers. With the products of the project, d/Deaf young job seekers will be able to access employment information in sign language and accessible written forms to use in their daily working lives.

They will have digital resources in sign language at their fingertips which they can refer to in their own time, replay and repeat, and consult without outside help - they can use the project outputs to exercise self-determination in their employment relationships and working lives. At the same time, the project will provide training and materials for youth workers to give them instruments to support the social and professional inclusion of the young d/Deaf job seeker.

 About Andre

Andre is a youth and community worker, a writer, a sign language interpreter, an intercultural mediator, a facilitator, a trainer, and a learner. Andre’s field of expertise is deafness, Sign Language, Visual impairment, Inclusion, Accessibility, Migration studies, Dual discrimination, and Intercultural learning. Andre’s motto is: "Be the reason why someone smiles today.”