Offering learning opportunities adapted to autistic children: a lever for social participation

Academic learning is at the heart of children’s daily lives at school, and an important determinant of social participation. Yet a significant proportion of children with autism face difficulties at school, and their graduation rate remains low. Could it be that current educational practices are not optimizing the full potential of autistic children? The Coalition […]

Une nouvelle série vidéo

Sorry, this entry is only available in French. Ces courtes capsules vidéos vous invitent à plonger dans dix projets de recherche participative. Elles sont maintenant accessibles en ligne ICI!  Des thèmes variés : parentalité, emploi, autonomie, développement émotionnel, mobilité urbaine, et bien plus encore. Des expériences variés : déficience visuelle, surdité, autisme, polyhandicap, traumatisme crânien, déficience […]

Adapted physical activity for community organizations

Title : Co-creation and evaluation of tools to facilitate the implementation and appropriation of evidence-based adapted physical activity training modules for community-based organizations. Based on the needs of community partners (Viomax and Adaptavie), we co-developed nine training modules and successfully trained kinesiologists who provide adapted physical activity services to people with disabilities. As part of the […]

Understand and make others understand: Operationalizing an immersive design fiction tool to promote social participation by deaf people

This project was born out of a need expressed by the Association du Québec pour enfants avec problèmes auditifs (AQEPA) for a technological solution that would more effectively raise awareness of the sensory reality of young people with hearing loss, both for their families and for the professionals who work with them. The aim of […]

Sport, activité physique et jeux inclusifs, de la recherche à l’action.

Sorry, this entry is only available in French.Synthèse du maillage entre partenaires, chercheurs et usagers disponible ici Transformer les résultats de la recherche pour une application de la connaissance maintenant  Objectif :  Beaucoup de recherche existent sur le domaine de l’activité physique et des personnes en situation de handicap, il est temps de passer au transfert […]

Fatherhood, co-parenting and disability: what are the experiences of fathers with disabilities in Quebec?

This research project stems from the need expressed by the Regroupement pour la Valorisation de la Paternité (RVP) to obtain a portrait of the reality of fathers with disabilities in Quebec. More specifically, the following themes emerged from the RVP’s concerns about fathers with disabilities: apprehensions, adaptation to the role of father (particularly paternal involvement), […]

Co-development of an active listening training for Autism Support volunteers

Conceived and carried out by, for, and with people with autism, this innovative project is based on a partnership between research and a community partner, Autisme Soutien (NPO). It is rooted in Autisme Soutien’s need to adapt the training offered to its volunteers using an inclusive pedagogical approach. The project has two specific objectives: 1) […]

Co-development of workshops to promote psychological well-being after a stroke

Since mental health issues are common following a stroke, ARTÈRE is looking to integrate activities that would support the psychological well-being of its members. This project aims to co-develop workshops to promote psychological well-being that can then be offered in a cost-effective and sustainable manner. Four specific objectives will be pursued: (1) Identify the main […]

Action-research for the implementation of a hearing aid valorization program offered in the community and aimed at seniors with a hearing loss

This action-research project consists of accompanying the Association des personnes avec une déficience de l’audition (APDA) in the revision of its hearing aid enhancement program (PA), which is aimed at seniors with a hearing impairment (DA) living in precarious situations, and in the pilot implementation of an improved version of this program. This 18-month project […]

Body in Care, Body on Stage: An Intersectoral Approach to Chronic Pain

This project brings together people living with chronic pain, artists, clinicians, and researchers in the health sciences and humanities. It aims to place artistic practices and the humanities at the heart of a system in which experiments will be carried out and shared, in close collaboration with the people concerned, in order to facilitate the […]