China News Service, Shanghai, March 31 (Gao Zhimiao) "If you go to the 19th floor, how will you go up? Take the elevator or take the stairs?" Chen Yuanyuan of Shanghai Love Children Rehabilitation Training Center on the 31st at the 2024 Shanghai Autistic Children Care Publicity Week The above questions were raised at the Minhang District Caring Month theme event of "Walking with Stars to the Future".
According to statistics, there are more than 14 million people with autism spectrum disorder in China. Chen Yuanyuan explained that because they are "afraid of disturbing others" and "don't want to let their children receive strange looks", many parents of autistic children choose the "walking up the stairs" option that ordinary people cannot understand.
On the 31st, the 2024 Shanghai Autistic Children Care Promotion Week and the Minhang District Care Month theme event of "Walking with Stars to the Future" were launched. Photo by Gao Zhimiao
On the 31st, under the guidance of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau and the Minhang District People's Government, with the support of the Shanghai Charity Foundation and the Minhang District CPPCC, and hosted by the Minhang District Civil Affairs Bureau and the Shanghai Charity Foundation Minhang District Representative Office, the 2024 Shanghai Autistic Children Care Promotion The Minhang District Caring Month themed activity of "Walking with Stars to the Future" was launched in the "Huiyin Blue House" of Minhang Cultural Park in Zhouji.
At the event, the Shanghai Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau's "Starlight" autistic children care service project and the Minhang District Autism Group Assistance and Care Center operation and service standards were simultaneously released. Representatives from 6 caring enterprises and social organizations in Minhang District that support employment assistance for autistic groups were commended; at the same time, 3 professional autism assistance and care agencies in Minhang District shared their intervention support for autism in preschool, adolescence, and adulthood. case.
The scene of the 2024 Shanghai Autistic Children Care Promotion Week and the Minhang District Care Month theme event of "Walking with Stars to the Future". Photo by Gao Zhimiao
In Shanghai, the autism community has received much attention. Taking Minhang District as an example, since 2017, Minhang District has begun to pay attention to and promote the construction of an autism group assistance system. From the initial CPPCC proposal that attracted attention, the "Implementation Opinions on the Construction of an Autism Group Assistance System in Minhang District" was issued, forming a joint The Minhang District Civil Affairs Bureau is responsible for the overall coordination and advancement of the meeting decision-making, assistance policy guidance, charity project support, and professional organization assistance work system.
Systematically sorting out the plight and needs of autistic groups, and then innovatively proposing to build a "social support, institutional counseling, full life cycle" assistance system, formulating relevant norms and guidelines and service operation standards, Minhang District built the "Huiyin Blue" There are 16 physical platforms of assistance and care centers covering the whole district, including "House on the Hao" and "Blue House on the Hao", forming a "1+6+X" assistance work pattern.
Because of love, the "children from the stars" are no longer alone. The organizers expressed that they hope that through the exchange and cooperation of this event, we can gather the wisdom and strength of all parties to explore how to better care for and support the autistic group, and through the efforts of the government and all sectors of society, we will continue to help and support the autistic group to overcome the epidemic. Difficulties, integration into society, self-reliance and self-reliance, and promoting the diversified, integrated and high-quality development of care and assistance for autism groups. (over)