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RE: Crowdfunding Campaign: Monthly Lunch Program For Underprivileged Children At School For SDG4 Part-1

in #education7 years ago

I closed my company down this past year...But now I work part time and do some volunteer work for and organization that provides Independent Living Skills training to the disabled. There is no cost to the individual for these services. I came aboard to help turn around the Youth in Transition program. It actually is a combination youth and young adult program. Each person has a disability, many of them are on the autistic spectrum. My caseload for the program is made up mostly of those with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome.

These are great people to work with. The goal is to teach them to eventually live on their own, or at least as independently as possible. My primary education is in Vocational Rehabilitation. I bring that knowledge with me and also provide training to prepare them for eventual employment of some kind. I have also started a peer support group where participants can learn from each other, and to learn to work as a "team".

Not sure if some USA based materials would aid you but http://www.ilru.org/ is a great resource for learning. I am sure not everything would be applicable to your situation, but you may want to glean through some of the materials.

I do not want to take up anymore of your precious time, but wanted to share this with you.

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Thank you for all the information. I love your passion and self motivated action to support disabled people. I have been working with autism as volunteer since 2014 and also very active with a autistic school. I am checking the website and will try to get more information about my area of interest. I feel happy to spend time with that, please don't hesitate to share anything as it will help me lot.

I will do that. I may have more website information on my computer at the Independent Living Center...I will try and remember to check when I go in next.

sir is always requested to stay with us @r2cornell