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Editorial · Easy-to-Read · Inclusive education

UNICEF

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Design and illustration of the Route to Guarantee the Right to Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities, by UNICEF, the Ministry of Education and the ICBF: eight pieces, in digital and print versions, so families know how to claim that right.

Client
UNICEF · MEN · ICBF
Type
Editorial · Infographic
Sector
Inclusive education
Role
Editorial design and illustration

About the project

In Colombia, 7 out of 10 children and adolescents with disabilities are not enrolled in school (DANE, 2020). The route explains to families and caregivers what to do at each moment of school life, in four stations: access and presence, participation and retention, promotion, and support networks.

With DEICOMPANY, I did the editorial design and illustration for the entire toolkit: a 94-page Easy-to-Read booklet, five infographics (one per station and a summary), a two-pager for decision-makers and a protocol for the teams that take the route out to the regions. One visual system ties them together: each station has its own color, recognizable across every piece, and each infographic shows at its foot which station the family is at (You are here).

Accessibility is at the heart of the project. The text was adapted into Easy-to-Read by Margarita Mejía Umaña and validated by people with disabilities, families, INCI, INSOR, ASDOWN and LICA. The design supports that adaptation: short sentences, one idea per line, each illustration with its written description beside it, Keep in mind! boxes, a glossary with icons and a digital PDF tagged for screen readers.

UNICEF · MEN · ICBF · With DEICOMPANY · 8 pieces · 94-page booklet · Easy-to-Read · Digital and print

02One route, four stations

Summary infographic

Summary

  1. 01Access and presence explains how to request a school place. Education is a right, and denying it carries penalties!
  2. 02Participation and retention ensures regular attendance and learning with tools such as the Individual Plan of Reasonable Accommodations (PIAR).
  3. 03Promotion ensures students meet the conditions to move from one grade to the next, for a complete educational path.
  4. 04Support networks fosters connection with other families, institutions and professionals. You are not alone!

03Easy-to-Read on every page

Validated by INCI · INSOR · ASDOWN · LICA
Booklet, page 3Booklet, page 4
Booklet page explaining that the document was created so everyone can understand it, that it comes in a digital version and an Easy-to-Read version validated by people with disabilities and their families, with the European Easy-to-Read logo.Booklet, page 6

Pages 4 and 5 of 94

Booklet page explaining that the document was created so everyone can understand it, that it comes in a digital version and an Easy-to-Read version validated by people with disabilities and their families, with the European Easy-to-Read logo.

Page 5 of 94

Go to
Download the booklet at unicef.org

04Each station, its color

Booklet · openers
  • Blue opening page of the booklet: First station, Access and presence, with an illustration of three smiling students with their school supplies, one of them in a wheelchair.

    01 Blue

  • Orange opening page of the booklet: Second station, Participation and retention, with an illustration of four students sitting around their desks working as a team.

    02 Orange

  • Purple opening page of the booklet: Third station, Promotion, with an illustration of four young graduates in blue caps and gowns, one of them in a wheelchair.

    03 Purple

  • Green opening page of the booklet: Fourth station, Support networks, with an illustration of a diverse group of people: a doctor, an Indigenous mother with her baby, a young man in a wheelchair and older adults.

    04 Green

05One infographic per station

Posters 50 × 70 cm
Access and presence6 steps on a path01
Participation and retentionTwo columns02
PromotionThe journey as a path03
Support networksThe network at the center04

06Two-pager and protocol

Decision-makers · Facilitators
Front of the two-pager: what the route is, why it matters to be informed, the goal and how to use and share the tool, with a photo of students in class.

Two-pager of the route, front and back: Front

Light blue cover of the route protocol, with the logos of the Ministry of Education, the ICBF and UNICEF and a photo of girls and boys celebrating in their classroom.Protocol, page 2

Page 1 of 14

Light blue cover of the route protocol, with the logos of the Ministry of Education, the ICBF and UNICEF and a photo of girls and boys celebrating in their classroom.

Page 1 of 14

07Published by UNICEF

unicef.org/colombia
Desktop
unicef.org / colombia / documents / ruta-educacion-inclusiva
Official UNICEF Colombia page on desktop: Route to Guarantee the Right to Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities, with a photo of children in class, the description of the toolkit and the list of files to download (four stations, summary, two-pager, protocol and booklet).
Mobile
Official UNICEF Colombia page on mobile, with the description of the toolkit and the list of files available to download.