DigiTool at the European Parliament: tackling barriers to education for autistic learners

DigiTool (Digital Inclusive Tool) is an Erasmus+ project started in 2021 to train teachers to work with autistic students using information and communication (ICT) technologies.
On 24 May, the DigiTool project was hosted at the European Parliament in Brussels by MEP Chiara Gemma (ECR, Italy), at the conference "Building Inclusive Education and Employment for Autistic People" organised by Autism-Europe as part of its #AutismDay2023 awareness-raising campaign.
DigiTool project’s background, objectives and results were presented by Ana Nogueira from project’s coordinator Inovar Autismo (Portugal), Angélica Gutiérrez from Autismo Sevilla (Spain) and Jose Nogueira from ISCTE-IUL (Portugal).
Adam Harris, AE’s board member from Irish autism charity AsIam, introduced the panel by sharing his own lived experience as an autistic person trying to access education, and presented the results of the Same Chance campaign conducted by AsIam in Ireland.