In the hall at Hampus' house, a newly purchased jacket hangs above a pair of black dress shoes. He will wear them during the student day in a few weeks. But then he doesn't know what's going on – even though he should have known for months.
Hampus has an intellectual disability and attends special needs upper secondary school. It is the municipality's responsibility to find a job adapted to him after graduation, a daily activity. According to the law, the municipality must arrange this adapted to his needs and interests. Hampus would also have done an internship during the spring semester and would have been ready to start the day after graduation. But that will not be the case now.
"I don't understand how it could have turned out like this. I just want Hampus to have a dignified life and live like everyone spirit, says Linda Bergman, Hampus' mother.
"We have planned wrong"
Last year, Norrköping Municipality conducted an investigation that showed that more places were needed in daily operations. It then took until April before the Health and Social Care Board decided on a new daily activity to solve the most urgent problems. There, some of Hampus' classmates, a few weeks before graduation, have been informed that they will start daily activities in temporary premises.
How could you miss these students?
"I wouldn't say we missed them. We have made a plan, but we have planned too slowly and simply wrong. This investigation came too late," says Malin Engström, head of public authority at Norrköping Municipality.
Hampus Bergman has not been given a place in the day-to-day operations
Come home to Hampus' family and hear more about his student and future in the clip above.