Objectives
O1 Improve inclusivity of HEIs’ curricula to better incorporate the issues faced by women and mothers with disabilities
O2 Create interconnections between academia, healthcare professionals, and civil society
O3 Promote the lifelong learning dimension of Higher Education including by facilitating the take-up, validation and recognition of the short learning courses leading to micro- credentials for Higher Education students and professionals
The ASSIST project aims to reduce discrimination and attitudinal biases of healthcare professionals, mainly doctors, nurses, paramedics, and psychologists treating women with disabilities in every phase of motherhood.
The main objective of the project is to help create welcoming and inclusive healthcare services for mothers and women with disabilities through the training of students of medical departments and of healthcare professionals with the help of a highly innovative Digital Ecosystem.
The project implements a holistic approach in order to provide a forward-looking training curriculum for future and current healthcare providers and also carry out outreach and advocacy activities in order to build the capacity of NGOs to contribute to policy change.
The main focus of the project lies on fostering a more positive, welcoming, and inclusive behaviour of medical professionals treating mothers with disabilitiy since social factors and attitudes affect parenthood experience of mothers with disabilities to a much greater extent than their disabilities do
