Cultivating Inclusive Education: A Collaborative Journey of Secondary School Teachers in Promoting Cognitive and Linguistic Accessibility through Picture Books and AAC

This contribution describes an action-research initiative carried out by secondary school teachers who formed a local network to address a pressing need identified in their everyday practice. Confronted with students presenting complex communication needs, these teachers faced the challenge of guaranteeing these students’ right to participate in cultural life, as mandated by Article 30 of the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The outcome is a picture book, translated into AAC symbols, that tells the story of Telemachus’s journey.