I Meeting of Self-Advocates of Fundación Personas
“Moving forward step by step”.
Held in Segovia
Its objectives include:
The protagonists were more than 60 self-advocates and active citizens from Segovia, Guardo, Aguilar de Campoo, Palencia, Valladolid and Zamora.
Javier García Medina, director of the Human Rights Observatory of the University of Valladolid, gave an extraordinary and participative lecture entitled “Self-direction and participation”, followed by thematic workshops on Nutrition, Independent Living and Prevention of Abuse.
The reading of the conclusions highlighted the progressive awareness of good nutrition and physical activity, as well as the incorporation of hygiene and emotional balance measures. Regarding abuse prevention, they said that “we don’t like to be judged and disrespected and we do like kindness and politeness”. In the section on decision making and independent living, the support of families and professionals was valued, as well as the importance of knowing ourselves, our capabilities and limitations in order to make good decisions with as much information as possible.
The institutional closure was carried out by the Mayor of La Lastrilla, Mr. Vicente Calle, the territorial manager of Social Services of Segovia, Ms. Carmen Well, the councilman of Social Services of Segovia Mr. Andrés Torquemada and the president of APADEFIM and secretary of Fundación Personas Mr. Maximino Viloria.
The day concluded with a typical Segovian meal and a dramatized visit to the Aqueduct and the Jewish quarter of the city.
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