Tranzo Pearl | AWVB on Tour

The Academic Collaborative Center Living with an intellectual disability (AWVB) has been committed to connecting research and practice in the care of people with intellectual disabilities for more than a decade. For the AWVB, 2022 was the year in which it could celebrate its 10th anniversary. The AWVB did so in the form of a festive and substantive tour of all the AWVB's partner organizations(new window). They play an important role in the way the AWVB develops and shares new knowledge. With the AWVB on Tour, knowledge from the research projects was literally put into practice.

In lectures and workshops during AWVB on Tour, Professor Petri Embregts and her team shared the customized knowledge they developed with people with intellectual disabilities, their next of kin, and the many healthcare professionals working at AWVB's partner organizations. The research themes covered were Autonomy & Expertise based on Experience, Family, Quality Care & Professionalism, and E-health.

In addition to sharing knowledge from research, the tour was also a celebration of the AWVB's partner organizations. There was plenty of room to engage in conversation with people with intellectual disabilities, their next of kin, and the many care professionals working at the AWVB's partner organizations. These personal conversations and encounters provided the interconnection between daily practice and AWVB's research activities.

Therefore, the AWVB looks back on a wonderful tour period in 2022 with inspiring visits, great conversations and, above all, great connections at partner organizations Amarant, Tragel, ASVZ, LFB, Elver, Dichterbij, S&L Zorg, SDW, Lunet and SWZ Zorg.

In 2023, the second part of the AWVB on Tour will follow, and the AWVB will visit partner organizations Severinus, Amerpoort, Sherpa, Prisma, Koraal, Cello and Zuidwester.

To mark the 10th anniversary, an easy-to-read booklet was also published summarizing the AWVB's recent research projects in accessible language.

Would you also like to experience the AWVB on Tour feeling? Then watch the after movie of the AWVB on Tour below.