futuris Exoskeletons on the march Nineteen-year-old Marius Ciustea suffers from paraplegia after a recent skiing accident. He is now paralysed from the waist down. In recent times 30/09/2013
World In sickness and in class These days many educational projects are adapting their methods for sick children. If a child has to live in a sterile environment for example, how 27/08/2013
Culture news The slippery slope to success for disabled youngsters At La Molina, in the Spanish Pyrenees, they have had the very first European skiing competition specifically for disabled youngsters under 25/02/2013
Culture news Virtual Panel: Sports and Disabilities Since the 2012 Paralympics gained the highest international viewer ratings ever recorded, sport and disability has become a hot topic. Hopefully 20/02/2013
Unreported Europe Fighting youth unemployment in the Netherlands While youth unemployment rates in Greece and Spain hover around 60 percent, the figure in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands is below ten percent 25/01/2013
World Learning the abilities to overcome disabilities Reading when you cannot see or hitting the dance floor when you cannot walk are tough challenges. But with the right teaching, just about anything is 28/12/2012
My Europe Series A life without barriers ! Kees-Jan van der Klooster’s motto is “live fast”. And he does, in spite of a snowboarding accident that left him paralysed in 2001. Seven years 26/11/2012
My Europe Series Bonus ITV: "unlimited abilities" Euronews reporter Monica Pinna spoke to paralympic skier Kees-Jan van der Klooster, whose “unlimited abilities“ are breaking ground in the world of 26/11/2012
futuris A world without limits New technologies are blurring the boundaries between the real and the virtual world. The brain can control a machine, and even perceive it as its own 13/11/2012
World "WISE" winners & altruistic innovators More than a thousand education decision-makers will attend the WISE World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha between the 13th-15h November. The 09/11/2012
World Cognition recognition in the learning process Building better minds is part of the aim of education and cognitive science can help. In this edition of Learning World we visit a specialist 14/09/2012
My Europe Series Access for disabled people on public transport across the EU “I am Andrej from Latvia, can disabled people get free public transport across the European Union and what kind of papers do they need to present to 14/09/2012
My Europe Series Rights for disabled flight passengers On this edition of U talk Peter from London was wondering about the rights of disabled passengers who are taking flights in Europe, he 15/06/2012
Culture news EU projects for disabled people The EU funds a number of projects for disabled people. Here are some of them. CATCH (CZ) Catch links and integrates the world of artistic 26/03/2012
Culture news Culture without obstacles Breathing new life into the old, regenerating scrap, teaching people to look at new ways of using waste. Removing barriers and challenging 26/03/2012
World Defying disability This week on Learning World we look at projects in Ireland, Qatar and Malta helping people with special needs integrate fully into their societies 23/12/2011
