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RT21's TASA/FU-T Programme — Building Digital Autonomy for Quebec Adults with Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities

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A Montreal Down-syndrome association's 2016 iPad day-programme for adults with intellectual disability was evaluated over 9 months and, with OPHQ funding and a university partner, turned into FU-T: 42 structured activity sheets now offered to other organisations.

42
Activity sheets in FU-T curriculum
9 months
Pilot evaluation duration
RT21's TASA/FU-T Programme — Building Digital Autonomy for Quebec Adults with Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Regroupement pour la Trisomie 21 (RT21), with Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and Quebec's Office des personnes handicapées (OPHQ)
Period
2016-present
Keywords
digital literacy, intellectual disability, assistive technology, adult education

Context

In September 2016, the Regroupement pour la Trisomie 21 (RT21), a Montreal-based Down syndrome association, launched TASA, a day-training programme using iPad-based activities tailored to each adult participant's own life goals, aimed at adults with intellectual disability who had left school.

Activities

An academic evaluation tracked participants' digital inclusion trajectory over nine months, assessing both programme implementation and change in technology use. Building on the pilot, RT21 partnered with the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, funded by Quebec's Office des personnes handicapées (OPHQ), to codify the approach into FU-T: 42 activity sheets across five categories (iPad basics, communication, travel, entertainment, housing).

Results

The published pilot evaluation, in the peer-reviewed Revue francophone de la déficience intellectuelle, indicates the programme improved participants' ability to use technology and supported dimensions of digital inclusion, while noting the small, single-site sample limits generalisability.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
RT21 programme facilitators, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières research partner

Conditions for success

  • OPHQ funding to codify the pilot into a packaged, replicable curriculum
  • activities tailored to each participant's own life goals

Common failure modes

  • small, single-site sample limits generalisability
  • published evidence is a pilot study, not a controlled trial

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