Conference on the culture of integration of students with disabilities and DSA in academia on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of the university’s foundation
10 May 2025
Aula Magna of the University Service Centre from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Institutional greetings
9 a.m.
Carlo Adolfo Porro
Rector of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Daniele Fedeli
Board Member of the National University Conference of Disability Delegates – CNUDD
Rosalba Auriemma
Head of Studies and Integration Office-UST Modena
9.30 a.m.
Elisabetta Genovese and Giacomo Guaraldi, Rector’s Delegates for Disability and SLD at UNIMORE
Speeches
9.45 a.m.
Daniele Fedeli
Board Member of the National University Conference of Disability Delegates “CNUDD Recommendations for Inclusive University Education: The New Guidelines”
10 a.m.
Paolo Mancarella
Rector of the University of Pisa from 2016 to 2022 and Full Professor of Computer Science
“Right to study and accessibility: the role of the university in the inclusion of students with disabilities”
10.30 a.m.
Raffaele Ciambrone
Associate Professor of Special Didactics and Pedagogy, University of Pisa – Coordinator for Education, University and Training of the national observatory on the condition of persons with disabilities.
“From law 170/2010 to the inclusive university: strategies and perspectives for students”
11 a.m.
Sara Morganti
Italian paralympic athlete, specialising in paradressage, a discipline of adapted riding for athletes with disabilities.
“My experience as a paralympic athlete between sport and inclusion”
11.30 a.m.
Davide Brotto
Physician, specialist in Audiology and Phoniatrics, researcher at the University of Padua, founder of CUS Padua Wheelchair Basketball.
“University: a sporting opportunity for all”
12 p.m.
Giuseppina Sgandurra
Associate Professor of Child Neuropsychiatry and lecturer at the University of Pisa, Head of the INNOVATE laboratory
(Innovative Technologies in Neurorehabilitation) at the scientific hospital and treatment centre Fondazione Stella Maris, Calambrone, Pisa.
Giovanni Arras
PhD student in artificial intelligence at the University of Pisa “Participatory research and artificial intelligence”
12.30 p.m.
Viviana Giacomini and Simonetta Spaggiari, Headmistress of the State Professional Institute for Industry and Crafts ‘F. Corni’ and Contact Person of the Territorial Support Centre of Modena
“Inter-institutional collaboration for the educational success of students with disabilities: the contribution of the Territorial Support Centre of Modena”
1 p.m. Conclusions