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Inclusion: Best practice examples from all over the world
Photo: Girl with trisomy 21 looking at a globe; Copyright: panthermedia.net/AllaSerebrina
It is always worth looking beyond one's own nose – this also applies to inclusion. Now that the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been signed by more than 160 states and the European Union, the changes and progress made in the individual countries are still different, but nevertheless revealing. To what extent this is the case you can find out in the Topic of the Month December: Inclusion: Best practice examples from all over the world.
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Inclusion in professional life and education
Photo: The back of a wheelchair with a poster saying: "Nobody may be disadvantaged because of his disability"; Copyright: Andi Weiland | Gesellschaftsbilder.de
Inclusion is a process for society as a whole and affects all areas of life. In the Topic of the Month November REHACARE.com focuses this time on professional life and education. Learn more about positive examples from the school desk to the job, a project that has successfully accompanied young people with disabilities through their vocational training, as well as a prospective carpenter in a wheelchair and a deaf pastor.
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Accessible living - with and without care needs
Photo: An older couple, where she's helping her husband out of bed with.; Copyright: panthermedia.net/daviles

Whether they live in a rented flat or their own home, alone or in a shared flat - people want to be able to choose the way they live for themselves. But freedom of choice is not the same for everyone. You can find out what challenges, opportunities and promising projects there are in our Topic of the Month October: Accessible living - with and without care needs.
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Under the sign of the times: Communication aids
Photo: Two young women see a blackboard in an exhibition, while one of them holds an audio guide in her hand; Copyright: Andi Weiland | Gesellschaftsbilder.de

Today we communicate on many channels, (almost) around the clock. How our increasingly technology-dependent communication channels are developing, how an app helps people who need to find their language again after a stroke or how people benefit from digital and technical aids can be read in the Topic of the Month September.
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Accessible adaptation creates mobility
Photo: Young woman in a wheelchair opens the driver's door of a car she wants to get into; Copyright: visitBerlin, Andi Weiland | Gesellschaftsbilder.de
When it comes to car conversion, final consumers ask themselves many questions: How do I recognize a good vehicle conversion service? What does it cost anyway? Are there actually accessible rental cars – or even motorhomes? In order to offer customers a bundled source of information and a seal of quality, the adaptation industry is organised in associations at national and European level. REHACARE.com took a closer look around. In our Topic of the Month August, you can read how and where you can drive well converted: Accessible adaptation creates mobility.
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Auxiliary means for professional sports
Photo: Racing cyclist during the road time trial in Rio2016; Copyright: Andi Weiland | Gesellschaftsbilder.de
When the athlete is no longer able to optimize anything during training, the focus shifts to the sports equipment. For para-athletes these are their auxiliary means. While athletics is often about prostheses and their possible advantages over athletes without prostheses, team sports focus on wheelchairs. In winter sports, on the other hand, it's usually about the right cutting and in our Topic of the Month July it's all about Auxiliary means for professional sports.
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Prostheses: Auxiliary means with hand and foot
Photo: Electric hand prosthesis holds a raw egg with three fingers; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf/ctillmann

Show what you have got – nowadays, that's increasingly the motto of people who wear prostheses, too. As a rule, it does not matter whether they wear skin-colored cosmetics over the prosthesis or whether they offer a view on the technical details. You can find out how individual the everyday aids can be and which extra features research currently makes possible, in our Topic of the Month June: Prostheses: Auxiliary means with hand and foot.
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Modern rehabilitation
Graphic: Digital animation of a male upper body with outstretched arms. Across the whole picture stands: REHABILITATION; Copyright: panthermedia.net/Kheng Ho Toh
Being able to lead a life as self-determined as possible depends on many factors. No matter whether an accident leads to a permanent disability or a stroke throws the body off the balance for now – rehabilitative measures help to better cope with the small and large processes of everyday life again. In our Topic of the Month May "Modern rehabilitation" we shed more light on the extent to which robot- or technology-supported assistance systems are increasingly being used and the advantages they bring.
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Self-determined traveling

Photo: Wheelchair user on a winding road in Iceland; Copyright: RUNA REISEN GmbH

Whether sunbathing in southern Europe, accessible round trips or cruises – there are many possibilities to travel. The tourism industry is increasingly discovering that accessible travel is a growing market. Why Canada is definitely worth a trip, what can help with planning and how children and youth travel can become more inclusive, you can find out in our Topic of the Month April: Self-determined traveling.

Activism for a self-determined life
Photo: Woman of small stature standing on the edge of a demonstration holding a sign with inscription on it: Human rights now!; Copyright: Andi Weiland | Gesellschaftsbilder.de

Inclusion is a human right. And following the spirit of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the motto "Nothing about us without us" applies to its implementation. Therefore, people with different disabilities around the world are increasingly committed to an inclusive society and accessible participation. In which ways they become active and what moves them, you can find out in our Topic of the Month March: Activism for a self-determined life.
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Auxiliary means out of the 3D printer
Photo collage: 3D printer with a printed hand and a small model wheelchair which was printed with 3D printing procedure; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf/ctillmann

Prostheses, ortheses or gloves for rehabilitation - the market for auxiliary means is diverse. However, the needs of each person cannot always be met. Then individual solutions have to be found: for example, with the help of a technology that was developed back in the 1980s, but only really gained momentum in the last 15 years. This refers to 3D printing. Which possibilities this procedure offers for people with disabilities, you will get to know in our Topic of the Month February: Auxiliary means out of the 3D printer.
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Playfully accessible in rehabilitation and leisure time
Photo: Little boy playing a video game with his father at the console; Copyright: panthermedia.net/Vadymvdrobot

Whether for the body or the mind – video games make you moveable and keep you fit. And virtually it doesn't really matter whether you cannot walk or whether you are a little more immobile due to age. That's why video games have meanwhile conquered both the rehabilitation industry and the leisure activities of people with disabilities. Find out how exergames put seniors in motion and how a quadriplegist plays current games in our Topic of the Month January: Playfully accessible in rehabilitation and leisure time.
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