ID GAMES

The “ID GAMES” project is based on the belief that each person should be given the chance to be accepted, valued and have equal opportunities to develop their skills and personality. Social inclusion is defined as “the process of improving the terms of participation in society, particularly for people who are disadvantaged, through enhancing opportunities, access to resources, voice and respect for rights.” (UN Report on the World Social Situation, 2016).

With partner organizations from other countries, such as Greece (PekAmeA PEIRAIKI ENOSI GONEON KHDEMONON KAI FILON AMEA and MPIRMPAKOS D. & SIA O.E.), Romania (ASOCIATIA ALIANTA PENTRU COPII ARAD), and Poland (Specjalny Osrodek Szkolno – Wychowawczy Nr 1), the team will develop the project activities during 30 months with the end date being the 28th of February 2022.

This project focus on:

-Developing an innovative methodology of participatory living labs for inclusion where pwID, their careers, their trainers, healthcare professionals, game-designers/ developers, university students from related disciplines, people from local communities, volunteers, form mixed teams and design ideas-prototypes of serious games addressing the needs of pwID;

-Developing 6 serious games (digital, physical, phygital) that adapt to the ages, interests and needs of pwID;

-Creating an E-course for strengthening the competences of trainers of pwID, relevant professionals, caregivers and organizations addressing pwID on how to organize and implement participatory game-creation workshops and how to use the serious games;

-Developing and E-platform with all the material of the project for sharing its results to a larger audience within Europe and worldwide and promoting inclusion and skills development of pwID and their careers and trainers.

Filipe Luz – Project Director / Games research

Fernando Catarino – Project Manager

Carla Sousa – Psychologist and ID research

Wilson Almeida – Game Design research

Paulo Ferreira – IT / e-platform research

Pedro Neves – Game Design Research

Cicant Research Unit: https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/

Hei-Lab Resear Unit: http://hei-lab.ulusofona.pt/

–Sousa, C. (2019). People with Intellectual Disability in Portugal – Report. ID-Games Project
–Sousa, C. & Luz, F. (2020) Conceção de um e-course sobre processos participativos na criação de jogos como estratégia de capacitação na área da Deficiência Intelectual
–Sousa, C. & Luz, F. (2020) Mapping the existing e-courses in the field of disability V.01. ID-Games Project
–Sousa, C. & Luz, F. (2020) Mapping the existing e-courses in the field of disability V.02. ID-Games Project
–ID-Games Press Release #01
–ID-Games Press Release #02