China News Service, Hangzhou, April 2 (Qian Chenfei) April 2 is the 14th "World Autism Awareness Day".
The reporter learned from the Zhejiang Disabled Persons' Federation that the province established the country's first provincial autism and relatives and friends association and the country's first special fund for autism research on that day.
It is reported that with the purpose of caring, helping, and researching autism, and promoting the development of autism research, the Zhejiang Disability Welfare Foundation has joined hands with Zhejiang Hailiang Charity Foundation and Zhengcai Yunxin Energy Fund to raise funds to establish the above-mentioned special fund.
At present, the first batch of this special fund has raised 10 million yuan, including 5 million yuan from Zhejiang Hailiang Charity Foundation, 3 million yuan from Zhengcai Yunxin Energy Fund, and 2 million yuan from Zhejiang Disabled Welfare Foundation.
The scene of the inauguration ceremony.
Photo by He Yiwei
Wang Naikun, chairman of the China Welfare Foundation for the Disabled, and Wang Wenxu, vice governor of Zhejiang Province, attended the event and unveiled the special fund.
In his speech, Wang Wenxu pointed out that caring and supporting the autistic group is the meaning of Zhejiang's promotion of "important window" construction and the first demonstration of common prosperity. It is an important symbol of the province's civilization and progress, and it is to maintain the development of Zhejiang's cause for persons with disabilities in the country. The inevitable requirements of the forefront.
It emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to systematic concepts and methods, establish a coordination and linkage mechanism for all parties, strengthen comprehensive support and guarantees, create a friendly and inclusive social atmosphere, and create a government-led, departmental linkage, and joint participation of the whole society. From the government, society and family love together.
In order to improve the society’s understanding, integration and humanistic care for the autistic group, Zhejiang also established the aforementioned provincial autism and relatives and friends association on the same day, hiring well-known experts and consultants in the autism field to join, and build autistic families, professional fields, Communication platform between service subjects.
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