Alan Pereira dos Santos Thomas

Escola de Gente is a nationally and internationally awarded center of creation of concepts, methodologies, programs and projects, which involve cutting-edge technology and initiatives aligned with the promotion of accessible and inclusive attitudinal and communicational practices, always from the perspective of intersectionality. The organization, founded in 2002 by the journalist and writer Claudia Werneck, is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and operates nationally and internationally. Its mission statement is to transform public policies into inclusive public policies so that persons with and without disabilities may exercise their human rights since childhood. In order to accomplish this mission, Escola de Gente operates systematically, through projects, provision of services, and advocacy, so that public and private institutions can plan and carry out their actions with full communicational accessibility, in order to ensure the participation, with equity, of persons with disabilities and other excluded groups.