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OCASA ASSOCIATION REPORT

INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: FINDING COMMITMENT,STRENGHTEN AWARENESS. OCASA ASSOCIATION REPORT. AUGUST 2006 JANUARY 2007. BY. ANDREA VELOSA C. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: FINDING COMMITMENT,STRENGHTEN AWARENESS. OBJECTIVES .

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OCASA ASSOCIATION REPORT

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  1. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: FINDING COMMITMENT,STRENGHTEN AWARENESS OCASA ASSOCIATION REPORT AUGUST 2006 JANUARY 2007 BY ANDREA VELOSA C

  2. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: FINDING COMMITMENT,STRENGHTEN AWARENESS OBJECTIVES • Raise awareness of the rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities. • Raise awareness of the collective strengths among families with a member with intellectual disability.

  3. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: FINDING COMMITMENT,STRENGHTEN AWARENESS TARGET POPULATION Population’scharacteristic • 12 People with Intellectual Disabilities (adults) and their families. • All of them living in low income areas: SAN CRISTOBAL SECTOR: Guacamayas neighborhood, la Victoria neighborhood, la Gloria neighborhood.

  4. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: FINDING COMMITMENT,STRENGHTEN AWARENESS • All of them are exparticipants of the Welfare and Social Department. • At this moment they don’t have access to any service or centre.

  5. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: FINDING COMMITMENT,STRENGHTEN AWARENESS Priority activities needed to achieve the objectives

  6. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: FINDING COMMITMENT,STRENGHTEN AWARENESS

  7. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: FINDING COMMITMENT,STRENGHTEN AWARENESS OUTCOMES • Families identified key persons interested in the disability issue: Neurologist from the La Victoria Hospital. Chief of the Rehabilitation Commitee of the Locality. • Families identified leaders among themselves: Three (3) mothers of PWID.

  8. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: FINDING COMMITMENT,STRENGHTEN AWARENESS Families defined and accomplished 2 activities into the community with PWID: 1. Social event with PWID, family members and community people. 2. Sport activities at the community centre with PWID, their families and 2 community leaders.

  9. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: FINDING COMMITMENT,STRENGHTEN AWARENESS The results of these activities have been enthusiastic. Until now these mothers decided to continue breaking barreers inside their the comunnities. In future the next actions will point out to enlarge social an specially productive activities in which mothers, sons, and daugthers will be sharing toguether into their communities.

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