Abstract:

One of the great challenges of the University of the XXI century is to achieve a more accessible and inclusive education to all types of students, regardless of their functional diversity. Pablo de Olavide University (UPO) is committed to the development of policies that integrate real and effective equality of opportunities for people with functional diversity in the university environment. This fact is reflected in its Statutes through article 6 on Principles of Organization and Operation, subsection 4, which says "University will promote the integration into the university community of people with disabilities", and article 133 on Principle of Positive Action, subsection 1 that states “Members of the university community with disabilities shall have the right to have the means, support and resources necessary to ensure real and effective equality of opportunities with other members, especially when they present particular or special needs associated with the disability in question”. Likewise, the II Plan for Accessibility and Inclusion of Functional Diversity of the UPO with validity 2019-22 was created to regulate the actions aimed at people with functional diversity of the UPO and guarantee equal opportunities during their stay in the institution. The “Independent Living Movement” which promotes the values of integral formation, autonomy, empowerment and responsibility inspires this plan. In this enriching context, the Own Title of Training for Employment and Autonomous Life of People with Functional Cognitive Diversity (FEVIDA) was born in 2017, which is a university program of social innovation that trains young people between 18 and 29 years of age to improve their possibilities of employment and autonomous life. During the academic year 2021-22, 17 students are receiving 30 credits training in practical, humanistic and professional subjects on the university campus. Extracurricular activities, activities shared with undergraduate and postgraduate students of official studies, as well as other actions that take place within the university community, complete the Own Title.

The fifth edition of FEVIDA incorporated the authors of the work, who absolutely convinced of its potential involved the Statistics students of the UPO Degree in Environmental Sciences. To do this subject inclusive, the teachers designed an eminently practical workshop with different activities related to the subject in everyday life, where undergraduate students explain statistical concepts through clear and simple language. The objective of the experience is twofold: to bring Statistics closer to people with mild intellectual disabilities and to make undergraduate students aware of the reality of society by involving them in action.

The work consists of explaining the experience carried out, from the description of all the activities to the organization of the undergraduate students, who have been an active part of the learning of students with functional diversity. Assessment activities performed by FEVIDA students and a questionnaire Google Forms completed by undergraduate students allow evaluating the experience. Finally, the authors of the work statistically analyse and discuss the results obtained from these evaluation processes. This workshop is part of a more ambitious project launched by the authors, which is called "Statistics for everyone", whose objective is to make a more inclusive university.

Keywords:

Diversity issues, intellectual disability, inclusive university, descriptive statistics.