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Highlights from the ABLE initiative, including the ABLE Summit and other events under the initiative.

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Run4Able

Gathering At BDD

Meeting At Ilove Beirut sign.

Walk towards BDD

Pr. David Matta Mindfulness Session Exercises

ABLE CLUB Interactive Games

Artistme Paitnings

Gathering At BDD

Pr. David Matta Mindfulness Session Exercises

Pr. Mariette Awad Accessible Coding Talk

Singer Anna-Rita

Talk Rida Abdallah

Walk towards BDD

Wheely Wheel StartupTalk

ABLE Summit 2022

Discussion Panel

Training workshop

Exhibition Booth

ABLE Team

Exhibition booth

eSight booth

Exhibition booth

Dass solution booth

Status and Challenges in Higher Education in Lebanon

Discussion Panel

Making Everything 1% Better, Towards an Inclusive Tomorrow

Status and Challenges in Higher Education in Lebanon

Training workshop

Training Workshop

Training workshop

ABLE Team

REACH - Research for Education Accessibility Challenges

The first edition of the international conference REACH organized by T.I.E.S in partnership with the American University of Beirut (AUB) was held on January 16-17, 2020. This conference invited researchers and practitioners to reflect broadly on the opportunities and challenges associated with the implementation of inclusive education within educational systems.

REACH Team

REACH Team: – Rana Al Ghazzi (Instructional Designer at AUB) – Basma Frangieh (President at T.I.E.S) – Rayane Fayed (Digital Learning Manager at AUB)

REACH Team

Dr. Ken Reimer

Dr. Ken Reimer explaining the Cascade Model Assumptions

Dr. Ken Reimer

Dr. Ken Reimer explaining the RTI Model Assumptions

Dr. Ken Reimer

Dr. Ken Reimer explaining the RTI Model Assumptions

Dr. Ken Reimer

Dr. Ken Reimer highlighting the learned lessons from Canada to Lebanon

Nicole Monney

Professor at Université du Québec at Chicoutimi, Canada Member of Scientific Committee of T.I.E.S

Nicole Monney

Nicole Monney giving a workshop on “Promoting a More Inclusive Assessment: what, Why and How?”

Dr. Yousif Asfour

Dr. Yousif Asfour – CIO at AUB

Dr. Basma Frangieh

Dr. Basma Frangieh – President at T.I.E.S Together for Inclusive Educational Systems

LSBD – Lebanese School for the Blind and Deaf

Lebanese School for the blind and Deaf (LSBD) performing in REACH

REACH Audience

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

By ProAbled (Samer Sfeir and Chimene Hadshity) in collaboration with the Human Resources and Information Technology departments at AUB

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Slide on How to employ PWDs mentioning if accessibility tools and technology can help overcome the barrier

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir and Chimene Hadshity facilitating the workshop

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Simulation of an interview with a person with disability (Chimene Hadshity from ProAbled and Silvia Ekzarkova from AUB Office of student Affairs Career Services Department)

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir and Chimene Hadshity facilitating the workshop

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir facilitating the workshop, a slide about misconceptions

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir and recruitment and career service officers at AUB in the training room

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

A slide about how to interact with PWDs

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir explaining a slide about ProAbled services

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir and recruitment and career service officers at AUB in the training room

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir and Chimene Hadshity facilitating the workshop

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir facilitating the workshop, slide about HR challenges

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir and Chimene Hadshity facilitating the workshop

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir and Chimene Hadshity facilitating the workshop

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Recruitment and career service officers at AUB in the training room

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir facilitating the workshop, slide about why hiring PWDs

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir going over the agenda slide

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir facilitating the workshop, a slide about the words to avoid or use with PWDs

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Recruitment and career service officers at AUB in the training room

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir and Chimene Hadshity facilitating the workshop, slide about how to interact with a blind person

Samer Sfeir facilitating the workshop, slide on how to recruit PWDs

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir facilitating the workshop, slide about how to recruit PWDs

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Recruitment and career service officers at AUB in the training room

Inclusive Recruitment Workshop

Samer Sfeir and Chimene Hadshity – Trainers from ProAbled

Maha Zouwayhed

ABLE Summit 2019

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Dr. Fadlo Khuri

Dr. Fadlo Khuri, president of the American University of Beirut giving a speech.

George Khabbaz

Actor and director George Khabbaz giving a speech.

ABLE Summit

Minister of State for Economic Empowerment of Women and Youth, Viollete Safadi

ABLE Founders

ABLE Founders at the ABLE Summit.

ABLE Summit 2019 Panel

ABLE Summit

ABLE Summit 2019 Panel

ABLE Team

ABLE Team at the ABLE Summit.

ABLE Summit 2019 Panel

Award Ceremony

Lebanese School of Blind and Deaf Band.

Lebanese School of Blind and Deaf Band performing at the ABLE Summit 2019.

ABLE Summit 2019

ABLE Summit 2019 Gust Speaker

Sign Language translators in the background.

ABLE Summit 2019

ABLE Summit 2019 Guest Speaker

Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2019

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) @ AUB

Attend one of the biggest fora in the region!

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