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According to the Inowrocławski District Development Strategy for 2020, disability is the second most important social problem in the Inowrocławski District, and is the third most important cause of hardship in families. People with disabilities, of which there are approximately 10-13%, are one of the most important groups for which intervention is undertaken. The project addresses the need for initiatives that combine support measures (psychological and rehabilitation) for people with disabilities and their families with inclusion, integration, and educational measures. For people with disabilities, we have planned daily life essential guide self-reliance workshops, ergo- and art therapy workshops, animal therapy and dog therapy, and a series of rehabilitation treatments provided by a physiotherapist and female massage therapist. For carers, we will conduct sociotherapy workshops. We will offer all participants group therapy sessions. As integration and inclusion measures, we will organize a range of meetings: integration meetings with social workers at Social Welfare Centers, with organizations dealing with particular disease entities, with the local community, and with people with infantile cerebral palsy who practice civic journalism. We will also launch a thematic helpline concerning rehabilitation. The participants in the project will be people with neurological conditions and movement disorders (children, young people, and young adults) and their carers in the Inowrocławski district. Due to the measures, 15 people with disabilities will improve their psychomotor ability, and 13 carers of people with disabilities will improve their mental health. All of the participants will learn more about rehabilitation and providing support for self-reliance of people with disabilities.
Summary of project results
According to the Development Strategy for Inowrocław county up until 2020, in the county of Inowrocław disability was the second most important social problem, and was ranked the third principal cause of hardship in families. The project addressed a need for initiatives that combined psychological support and rehabilitation for people with disabilities and their families with inclusive and integration measures.Fifteen people with various psychophysical disabilities and their carers (twelve persons) participated. These were persons who increasingly avoided contact with the community due to health, disability progression, material hardship, their place of residence (small towns), and lack of information about the sources of funding for rehabilitation and therapy methods available.To address these issues, we provided all of the participants with group therapy sessions and arranged meetings with social workers, CSOs, the local community, and people with disabilities conducting civic journalism. The participants with disabilities were provided with therapy packages (150 hours) and 24 workshops (dog therapy, art therapy, ergotherapy, alpaca therapy). Carers were given sociotherapy workshops. We also opened a helpline (100 consultations were given) which provided participants with more information about the therapy methods and sources of rehabilitation funding available, and a number of people were able to get funding for further rehabilitation on their own.The rehabilitation treatment provided by a physiotherapist and masseuse, and the workshops, improved the mental and physical condition of people with disabilities. The project helped people with disabilities to become more independent and form new friendships which continued beyond the project. In turn, the carers shared knowledge and know-how, their mental state improved, and they formed new, long-term community relationships.
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