In recent years, the development of assistive technologies has profoundly changed the idea of how to define human beings. This also happened in the field of persons with disabilities. The first beneficiaries of aids (orthoses and prostheses), the perception of their condition has gradually transformed up to the CRPD which underlined that disability is a social construction. In this perspective, new concepts have been developed, such as empowerment, enabling, inclusion, human rights that have changed the meaning of making tools available to encourage their full participation, today impeded by barriers, obstacles and discrimination. The development of assistive devices has completely revolutionized the meaning of aids applied to persons with disabilities. This is because these new products have reconfigured the limits of human beings for all person and have made it clear that people with functional limitations can overcome the hereditary limits of the materiality of the body, activating enabling and resilient factors that configure a different normality of "doing". The post-human perspectives question the traditional forms of rehabilitation, which is no longer recovering a lost or limited function according to a predefined model of "normality" and health to achieve (abilism), but reformulating the idea of how a person can function keeping account of all its characteristics. It is precisely from the analysis of the functioning profile of a human being ...

Since the development of ICT started, there has been concerns for the accessibility of some groups of users. Research and development activity solved specific problems with the development of AT products, which now are often integrated in the operating system. However, in the meantime, society's attitude towards these problems has changed. More recently, there has been an increasing interest in people well-being, which is defined by WHO as the possibility of conducting an independent, active, and fulfilling life, with all the necessary activities. An approach to increase well-being of people is the development of “ambient active living environments,” to help all people in their living activities. This is supposed to be useful for all people, particularly for the support of older people and people with limitations of activities. In this context, accessibility, and usability, although necessary, are not sufficient. Therefore, the technological environment must manage daily activities, considering the abilities necessary to perform them and specific support when some abilities are limited, make use of monitoring and reasoning capabilities to adapt and evolve over time the type and level of support provided and support the contact with other people, according to legal principles. The usefulness and the complexity of the approach is shown with practical examples for feeding, loneliness and mobility, with the adoption of Artificial Intelligence.

The B-WISE project addresses the challenges faced by Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs), which aim to integrate disadvantaged individuals into the labor market. An early project outcome highlights the pressing issue of skills shortages and mismatches, particularly in digital skills and soft skills, affecting WISEs. To address these challenges, the project proposes the development and implementation of a strategic approach, known as the blueprint, which promotes sectoral cooperation to address skills gaps in the WISEs sector. Key objectives included identifying sectoral labor market needs, analyzing the responsiveness of existing vocational education and training (VET) systems, developing transnational curricula to assess current and future needs, and promoting good practice at national and regional levels. In addition, the project aims to develop a sustainable plan to match demand and supply of identified skills, build a supportive community for skills growth, innovation and competitiveness in the sector, and design a long-term action plan for the progressive implementation of the strategy. Led by two European networks and involving 28 partners from 13 EU countries, the project focuses on creating flexible and adaptable outputs, ensuring local implementation with a clear European perspective.