We envision an outcome where persons with disabilities and the community are brought together on an equal basis "For an inclusive community for everyone"
Background:
ADISA was created from the experiences of Francisco Sojuel Figueroa, his wife María Argentina Figueroa, and the birth of their third child, Nila Eliza. Their daughter was born with hydrocephalus, which was further complicated by meningitis. Because of the situation that their daughter was in, and due to the lack of services available for people with disabilities, they began to contact other parents and organize a support system for children with disabilities. At its founding in 1998, Adisa worked with three families in Santiago Atitlan. The work started with providing care at the community level in special education and neurological physiotherapy sessions, slowly integrating other parents into the organization. Today, Adisa attends to over one thousand children in Guatemala and is a leading organization in Latin-America in defending the rights of people with disabilities. The programs were formalized through the development of its strategic plan and ADISA obtained legal status as an association on September 12, 2003. ADISA works with the strategy of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in their constituents:
health, education, employment and social empowerment, which has a human rights approach.
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"Por una comunidad inclusiva"
Antecedentes:
ADISA nace de la experiencia de los esposos Sojuel Figueroa, al nacer su tercer hijo, Nila Eliza, que nace con Hidrocefalia, y se complica con Meningitis, empiezan a contactar a otros padres de familia, con el fin de organizarse y brindar apoyo a los niños y niñas con discapacidad, la primera reunión se inicia el 10 de junio del 1998, fecha de su fundación como comité de padres con autorización municipal, luego se inicia la atención a nivel comunitario en educación especial y jornadas neurológicas y de fisioterapia, poco a poco se fueron integrando otros padres, y se formalizan los programas a través de la elaboración de su plan estratégico. Obtiene su personería jurídica como asociación el 12 de septiembre del 2003. ADISA trabaja con la estrategia de la rehabilitación basada en la comunidad (rbc) en sus componente de: salud, educación, sustento, social y empoderamiento, la cual tiene un enfoque de derechos humanos.
