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Proyecto DANE — Multi-Stakeholder Co-Designed App Suite for People with Intellectual, Sensory and Communication Disabilities

Argentina · Buenos Aires · See the Argentina profile · See the Buenos Aires profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 61% 68/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Since 2012, Buenos Aires' Proyecto DANE coalition (CESSI, disability NGOs, a university, IT firms) has built free apps for people with intellectual, sensory and communication disabilities, reaching 30,000+ downloads by 2014 and still active in 2023.

30,000+
App suite downloads (by 2014)
Proyecto DANE — Multi-Stakeholder Co-Designed App Suite for People with Intellectual, Sensory and Communication Disabilities

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Proyecto DANE (CESSI Comisión de Inclusión, with APAdeA, ASDRA, Fundación Argentina de Afasia, Fundación Nosotros, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional)
Period
2012/2013 – ongoing (active as of 2023)
Keywords
assistive technology, intellectual disability, sign language, mobile apps

Context

Proyecto DANE began in 2012-2013 out of the Inclusion Commission of Argentina's software-industry chamber CESSI, bringing together disability-specific NGOs (APAdeA, ASDRA, Fundación Argentina de Afasia, Fundación Nosotros), Universidad Tecnológica Nacional and IT companies.

Activities

Specialists and disability-organisation partners jointly define app content and educational goals; developers build the software; schools test the results, with teachers trained before rollout. Apps address autism, Down syndrome, aphasia, intellectual disability and Argentine Sign Language.

Results

The suite passed 30,000 downloads by 2014, according to independent business-news reporting; in 2023 Proyecto DANE and tech partner Intive Latam launched 'Cómo pago', a money-management app for practising purchases and change in Argentine currency.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
CESSI Inclusion Commission volunteers, disability-organisation partners (APAdeA, ASDRA, Fundación Argentina de Afasia, Fundación Nosotros), Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, partner IT companies (e.g. Intive Latam)

Conditions for success

  • co-design process pairing disability-specific NGOs with developers
  • school-based testing with teacher training before rollout

Common failure modes

  • most recent independently verified download figures date to 2014
  • co-design is largely professionals/NGOs designing on behalf of, and with input from, the disability community rather than disabled users directly authoring the interface

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