Mentally disabled child among us

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Enhancing the development of mentally disabled children and their integration in society, meanwhile increasing the tolerance of community members towards the disabled – this is the main goal of the project carried out by two active and highly experienced grass-root NGOs dealing with disabled children and their families and the Genetic Centre of the Tartu University Hospital. The project involves wide range of activities, starting from joint camps and networking of the targeted families to high-level discussions between the policy makers and experts. A lot of efforts have been made to raise the public awareness of mental disabilities and increase social acceptance and self-confidence of the target families. Also various specialized materials have been developed together by the Latvian and Estonian partners, including a hadbook for families with disabled children.

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