Abilism-validism:

Oppression experienced by people living with a physical or mental disability, linked to the fact that the universal norm is that of an able-bodied and healthy person. It is also referred to as ableism, handicapism or ability discrimination

Accompanying perso:

A person who accompanies participants (learners, staff, young people or youth workers) in a mobility activity in order to ensure their safety, provide support and assistance during freetime, as well as assist with the participant’s effective learning at the workplace. In the MIH project, an accompanying person, may accompany one or several learners with disability, outside their own country, during the whole mobility stay or a few days according to learner”s needs.

Accessibility:

Accessibility is a wide concept that we can apply to everybody. Therefore within the MIH perspective we consider it as “The quality or characteristic of something that ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas”. (CRPD, Article 9, New York, 2006)

Communication:

It includes languages, display of text, Braille, tactile communication, large print, accessible multimedia as well as written, audio, plain-language, human-reader and augmentative and alternative modes, means and formats of communication, including accessible information and communication technology. (CRPD, Article 2, New York, 2006)

Coordinator/Coordinating organisation:

A participating organisation applying for an Erasmus+ grant on behalf of a consortium of partner organisations. The coordinator has special obligations foreseen in the grant agreement. (Erasmus+ Programme Guide, 2023)

Digital accessibility:

It refers to the design and content programming that allows all people to perceive, understand, navigate and interact with that content.

Disability:

“Disability results from the interaction between individuals with a health condition, such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and depression, with personal and environmental factors including negative attitudes, inaccessible transportation and public buildings, and limited social support. A person’s environment has a huge effect on the experience and extent of disability. Inaccessible environments create barriers that often hinder the full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in society on an equal basis with others. Progress on improving social participation can be made by addressing these barriers and facilitating persons with disabilities in their day to day lives.” (WHO, Disability (who.int))

Discrimination:

Any distinction, exclusion or restriction or preference, which is based on any ground such as race, culture, ethnic origin, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or other characteristics not relevant to the issue in question. (COE)

Discrimination on the basis of disability:

“It means any distinction, exclusion or restriction on the basis of disability which has the purpose or effect of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal basis with others, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field. It includes all forms of discrimination, including denial of reasonable accommodation”. (CRPD, Article 2, New York, 2006)

Human:

Convention on right of persons with disabilities The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international human rights treaty adopted in 2006 that reaffirms that all persons with disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. (European Disability Forum)

Hosting/Receiving organisation:

A participating organisation in charge of receiving students/staff from abroad and offering them a study/traineeship programme or a programme of training activities, or benefiting from a teaching activity. (Erasmus+ Programme Guide, 2023)

Inclusive mobility:

“Within the MIH perspective, we consider “ Inclusive Mobility ” the creation and securing of adequate environmental and personal conditions to learn, work, or volunteer abroad for learners with disabilities, by addressing their diverse support needs.
In a wider sense, this term refers to the creation and guarantee of the adequate conditions to ensure access to mobilities to all. “

Inclusive mobility principles:

“Inclusive mobility for learners with disabilities must respect the following principles stipulated in the Human Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (CRPD), Article 3, New York, 13 December 2006:

1. Respect for inherent dignity, individual autonomy including the freedom to make one’s own choices, and independence of persons;
2. Non-discrimination;
3. Full and effective participation and inclusion in society;
4. Respect for difference and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and humanity;
5. Equality of opportunity;
6. Accessibility;”

Intellectual disability:

A disability that affects the acquisition of knowledge and skills, in particular any of various neurodevelopmental conditions affecting intellectual processes, educational attainment, and the acquisition of skills needed for independent living and social functioning. (Oxford Languages Dictionary).

Intermediary organisation:

This is an organisation active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training and youth work in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme. It may be a member in a mobility consortium, but is not a sending organisation. Its role may be to share and facilitate the administrative procedures of the sending higher education institutions and to better match students’ profiles with the needs of enterprises in case of traineeships and to jointly prepare participants. For learners with disabilities, we do recommend the support of an intermediary organisation.

Intersectionality:

It recognises that people’s lives are shaped by their identities, relationships and social factors. These combine to create intersecting forms of privilege and oppression depending on a person’s context and existing power structures such as patriarchy, ableism, colonialism, imperialism, homophobia and racism (Hankivsky, O., 2014)

Learning Agreement:

The sending and hosting institutions, together with the learner, must agree on the activities to be undertaken by the learner in a ‘Learning Agreement’ before the start of the mobility period. These agreements define the target learning outcomes for the learning period abroad, specify the formal recognition provisions and list the rights and duties of each party.

Language:

It includes spoken and signed languages and other forms of non spoken languages. (CRPD, Article 2, New York, 2006)

Jobcoach:

 A jobcoach aims at facilitatating the recovery of people with disabilities by offering them a transition path through work and towards employment in an ordinary environment.

Neurodiversity:

“Neurodiversity describes differences in brain function from person to person that affect daily mental functions”. (Armstrong T., 2011)
It embraces differences in brain function and behavior as a natural manifestation of humanity’s variety, rather than viewing them as wrong or problematic.
Neurodiversity: Definition and Impact (Neurodiversity: Definition and Impact (verywellmind.com))”

Mentor:

Staff working in the intermdiary organisation to support the implementation of the learners’ mobility experience, facilitate the administrative procedures of the sending organisations, and better match learners’ profiles with the needs of the receiving organisations.

Mobility coordinator :

Person in charge of the general coordination of mobility programmes in a sending or intermediary organisation

Participant with fewer opportunities:

People with fewer opportunities means people who, for economic, social, cultural, geographical or health reasons, a migrant background, or for reasons such as disability and educational difficulties or for any other reasons, including those that can give rise to discrimination under article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental rights of the European Union, face obstacles that prevent them from having effective access to opportunities under the programme (Erasmus+ Programme Guide, 2023)

Personal life assisant:

 The role of the Personal life assistant is to help people who are dependent (elderly, disabled ill or experiencing temporary difficulties) at home by providing them assistance with the tasks and activities of daily life, as well as psychological and social support.

Persons with disabilities:

Include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. (CRPD, Article 1, New York, 2006)

Preparatory visits:

A preparatory visit is a visit to a prospective hosting organisation by staff from the sending organisation with the purpose of better preparing a learner or staff mobility activity. Each preparatory visit must have a clear reasoning and must serve to improve inclusiveness, scope and quality of mobility activities.(Erasmus+ Programme Guide, 2023)

Reasonable accommodation:

It means necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. (CRPD, Article 2, New York, 2006)

Sending organisation:

A participating organisation in charge of selecting students/staff and sending them abroad. These responsibilities also include preparation, mentoring and monitoring and automatic recognition related to the mobility period. (Erasmus+ Programme Guide, 2023)

Support Mobility Plan:

It is a collaborative document drawn up by the learner and the mentors of the sending and intermediary organisations. The document must outline details of the specific needs of the learner on mobility, recommended actions and details of the responsibility for completing those actions.

Tutor in the hosting organsation (company, association…) :

The tutor in the hosting organisation is the person designated in the Learning Agreement as the referent person to follow up the progress and the learning outcomes, achieved during the learner’s internship.

Universal design :

It means the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. “Universal design” shall not exclude assistive devices for particular groups of persons with disabilities where this is needed. (CRPD, Article 2, New York, 2006)