In 2006, Romania started its journey towards inclusion and protection for people with disabilities, but the progress made still needs reform. This project is a collaboration between the WPI project team and Code for Romania, and it proposes a solution in the form of a website that guides Romanians with disabilities who are seeking the financial, social, and legal benefits of a Romanian disability certificate. After conducting surveys and interviews with disabled Romanians and relevant NGOs, the team designed, built, and evaluated a prototype that digitizes the disability certification process for applicants and government employees. The potential benefits of the project to alleviate burdens of the disabled community could be historical for this commonly marginalized population.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Clewley, John
• Calandrello, Sophia
• Kokernak, Charlotte
• Tran, Evelyn

Subject

• Computing
• Innovation
• Infrastructure
• Inclusion
• Well-Being
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050322-163651
• 67851

Keyword

• Website
• Romania
• User Experience
• Disability
• Bucharest
• Accessibility

Advisor

• Danielski, Althea Marie
• Kinicki, Robert

Year

• 2022

Center

• Bucharest, Romania Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Code for Romania: Civic Labs

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2022-05-03

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright