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Finalpresentation of PAPE
INVITATION to the closing event of the PAPE project – Participation of Autistic People in Europe, funded by the EU.
The project PAPE 2008-2011 will present itself with Autism EPAT in the context of Europe Day on the Werkstättenmesse Nürnberg 2011, a fair with products and services by and for people with disabilities.
AutismEPAT – Autism Europass Access Tool is a software that allows dynamic entries and is able to continuously show how the user progresses. AutismEPAT is specifically designed for autistic people owing to the topics chosen and its structure. It allows for access to the Europass and is a freeware with user guide for everyone interested in using it.
AutismEPAT is innovative: it allows for self-assessment of autistic people in a purely positive form and shall change the perception of autism as a deficit. AutismEPAT encourages families, tutors, employers and coaches to dare look at people with autism from a new perspective and provide an opportunity for life-long learning.
We invite you to visit us on 18 March 2011 from 10-12 a.m. at the Werkstättenmesse Nürnberg.
We, the PAPE Team, consisting of partners from Ireland, United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Portugal and Germany, introduce to you the tool AutismEPAT as well as the results of the evaluation during a presentation and practice-oriented workshops.
Don’t forget to visit our stand at the fair!
Coc - CAT - AutismEPAT
Statement of changing the name from Certificate of Competence (CoC) to Current Attainment Tool (CAT) to Autism Europass Access Tool (AutismEPAT)
In long discussions we decided to change the name of the tool.
The tool in itself is not a certificate, rather it is a means to completing a certificate. We develop our 'tool' as a means to enable the filling in of the standard Europass.
The instrument that we are developing can be seen as a way of 'scaffolding' or facilitating the person with autism (with limited expressive language) to be able to complete the Europass (or to complete sections of the Europass). Without such an instrument people with autism with limited expressive language capabilities will not be able to complete the Europass - but with the right kind of instrument access to this potentially important document (the Europass) could be enhanced for people with autism - and of course with our kind of instrument, the person with autism would not be completing the Europass by her/himself - the instrument would structure the conversation/interaction with a carer/parent/facilitator to enable a better level of access to the Europass, and the benefits that it potentially offers.
Instead of inventing a new 'certificate' we 'direct' the process towards the existing Europass.
Having decided to name our tool the Current Attainment Tool (CAT) we were advised of a new autism specific programme, co-designed by Dr Tony Attwood, which has just been released called the CAT-kit. As these two programmes are both aimed at the same group of people with autism we felt it would be advisable to change the name of our tool.
We have therefore adopted the name Autism Europass Access Tool (AutismEPAT) which accurately describes what our tool is designed to do, and as far as we can discover does not conflict with any other available programme.