The Ministry of Education, Roberto Fulcar, today presented the advances in inclusive education, where the delivery of 10 classrooms for people with Autism Spectrum Syndrome and other special abilities is expected, in 8 municipalities this 2022.
“It is not just an educational opportunity for people with disabilities, it is more than that, it is the right of all people to quality inclusive education,” he stressed.
He highlighted the educational, social, human and moral value that governments and societies make an effort to implement.
“The Inclusion route that arises from Ordinance 04-2018 that regulates the services and strategies for students with specific educational support needs according to the established curriculum – is a great tool to detect barriers, promote participation, permanence and learning”, said Fulcar.
He said that each region and district must guarantee that the educational centers, together with their management team, implement the identification processes to respond to children, adolescents and young people with disabilities at the different levels and modalities of the educational system, fostering an environment of equality and equity that includes everyone.
While the general director of special education Minerd, Lucía Vásquez, said she was satisfied with the work carried out during this management time and those that they hope to deliver to the country during this year and until 2024.
Also in an interval of this year, by 2024, 7 special education centers will be delivered in the same number of provinces, significantly expanding the coverage we have and in addition to these achievements, the first “Education Labor School” is being built in Santo Domingo Este. Comprehensive for Youth with Autism”, which will be a pilot to replicate in other territories of the national geography.
The event included a keynote conference via Zoom on “The right to inclusive education also for children and young people with autism” by Dr. Nuria Illán Romeu, UNICEF advisor.
The artistic closure was in charge of Ángel Ramírez, representative of the “Yo Also I Can” foundation, interpreting a song Color Esperanza”.
In addition, general, district, regional and educational center directors attended. Representatives of government institutions, CONADIS, SUIBEN CAID, GET OVER, UNICEF.
Representatives of non-profit foundations, Dominican Autism Foundation, United Hands for Autism, I Can Also, Love Me As I Am, TEAceptamos, Autism Without Borders, Ladies in Black and Fundación Álvarez, Young students with autism, fathers and mothers with disabilities .
