Raul Krauthausen

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Raul Krauthausen (2008)

Raul Aguayo-Krauthausen (born July 15, 1980 in Lima , Peru ) is a German activist living in Berlin who is committed to various social projects and has launched several projects himself. Krauthausen has osteogenesis imperfecta (colloquially "glass bones") and is dependent on a wheelchair . Since October 2015 he has hosted the talk show Krauthausen - Face to Face on Sport 1 .

In 2017 he was a member of the 16th Federal Assembly .

Life

Krauthausen studied social and business communication at the Berlin University of Arts and Design Thinking at the HPI School of Design Thinking and is also trained telephone counselors . He worked for the Berlin radio station Fritz and, together with his cousin, started a casting for a community service provider (called Die Suche nach dem SuperZivi ). Impressed by the response, both founded the non-profit association Sozialhelden , which sees itself as a think tank for social projects. The donation project Pfandtastisch help received the 2008 startsocial e. V. , 2010 the association started the wiki project Wheelmap.org . On the basis of the Creative Commons and Open Data project OpenStreetMap, users can check or enter the wheelchair accessibility of places and locations around the world. In addition to working in the association, he and another developer founded Selfpedia.de , a digital information service about life with disabilities, in 2013 . His social commitment and his media presence made him a point of contact for journalists when it comes to the concerns of people with disabilities and the issues of accessibility or inclusion .

One of the most recent projects of the social heroes is Leidmedien.de , a website for journalists who intend to focus on people with disabilities. This contains tips for reporting from a different perspective and without stereotypes .

In 2014, he designed 3D printable mini ramps that wheelchair users can use to improve the passability of curbs . He made the printing instructions available to the general public on his website. Krauthausen has moderated the talk show Challenge - Krauthausen face to face, on Sat.1 Gold since 2016 , which has been running as a repetition in Kabel 1's night program since 2019 .

In the episode "In institutions for people with disabilities - what happens when nobody is looking" of the investigative series Team Wallraff - Reporter undercover broadcast on February 20, 2017 , he was seen as an interviewee.

In 2018, he played himself on the comedy television show jerks. (Episode 14).

Krauthausen is also active on YouTube and Twitter . For the 2017 federal election , he moderated the YouTube magazine re: sponsive .

Awards

Raul Krauthausen with a wheelchair

Works

  • I didn't want to become a roofer anyway: Life from the wheelchair perspective (with Marion Appelt), Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2014, ISBN 3-499-62281-5 .
  • I didn't want to become a roofer anyway: My life in a wheelchair - short version in simple language , Enjoy reading Verlag, 2015, ISBN 3-944668-38-3 .

Web links

Commons : Raul Krauthausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexandra Schröder: How pledge should serve social purposes. In: Rhein-Zeitung . January 10, 2013, accessed July 29, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Selfpedia.de - One week and the first balance ( Memento from September 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Leidmedien.de ( memento of August 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 2, 2014
  4. ^ Krauthausen.tv: Krauthausen - Challenge , accessed on April 29, 2019
  5. ↑ re: sponsive - episode 05 on YouTube , from September 6, 2017
  6. ↑ Ceremonial Recognition - Competition and Prize Winner 2009. German Engagement Prize, 2009, accessed on January 3, 2019 .
  7. ^ VZ Award winners: Interview with the social heroes , deutscher-buergerpreis.de (April 11, 2013)
  8. ^ Fellow: Raúl Krauthausen , germany.ashoka.org (April 11, 2013)
  9. ^ Winners of the INCA Award 2010 ( Memento from December 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), inca-award.eu (April 11, 2013)
  10. ↑ Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards 2011 winners announced! ( Memento of January 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (April 11, 2013)
  11. ↑ "Medal holders are great role models" , press release of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (April 11, 2013)
  12. ^ "Pirate Party nominates YouTubers for the Federal Assembly" , Piratenpartei.de (April 24, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Krauthausen, Raul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aguayo-Krauthausen, Raul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German company founder
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Lima