Put yourself in the place of the other is the aim of the awareness campaign on disability that the Department of Equality celebrates one year in schools in the municipality, said today Councilwoman Estíbaliz Masegosa during a visit to the school Our Lady of Loreto which is hosting this year first activity.
Playful but very effective way children are able to see how may feel a person with a physical disability using a walker or a wheelchair, or gains independence from a blind or deaf person.
They were also moved the reality of a person with mental disabilities or mental health problems.
To this end, the Department of Equality has the support of several associations such as ONCE, Fesormu, Aidemar, AFEM, Fundamifp and Hortopedia Los Arcos, dealing show children these realities that can affect anyone and do not make no different.
This year, the campaign has been divided into two schools, Our Lady of Loreto and Fulgencio Ruiz, and in two days.
Fundamifp and Parafamarcia Los Arcos, day and center is exchanged with The Once and Fesormu, working with children 5 and 6 Primary.
The guardian of a course of 5 ° at school Our Lady of Loreto, Juana Maria Romero appreciated the importance of this type of activities "in which children are learning in a practical way what it means to have a disability putting in place the other".
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier