Reward for the project Disabled Children

Katarzyna Beata Kubis today received accessibility of accessibility of the City of Reykjavik for her project, disabled children, today. The project is an Information Square who disseminate information for guardians and relatives of disabled children.

The prize awarded Heida Björg Hilmisdóttir, mayor at a ceremony in Höfði today. On the same occasion, she awarded the organization’s facilities of the city’s human rights prize.

The project is based on other projects that have previously been awarded the award in that it is intended to improve digital access. In recent years, the recognition has been awarded for tangible access. In this context, there is a biophadise (2024) and Römum up Reykjavik (2021), who were awarded a prize for improved wheelchairs.

« I am very pleased that accessibility is being thought of in this wide context, that it is being awarded for a project that deals with access to information, even though other kind access is no less important, » tell Katarzyna In a conversation with mbl.is.

Katarzyna is originally from Poland but has lived in Iceland for almost twenty years. « There is information on diagnosis, diagnostic processes, rights and services for disabled children in Iceland, » she says of the project.

Information Square is today available in Icelandic and English but Katarzyna Says the goal is to add more languages. That is the next issue on the agenda.