The Autism Awareness Care and Training Centre, (AaCT) an organisation committed to the inclusion of persons with Autism in Ghana is celebrating 25 years of Autism Advocacy this year.
AaCT advocates and train persons
living with Autism to become useful citizens by teaching them daily living
skills as well as some skills needed for the job market in Ghana.
Students are taught how to wash
clothes and dishes, weaving, engage in various craft activities as well as
sporting activities.
Autism spectrum disorder is a
developmental disability caused by differences in the brain. Persons on the
spectrum may have problems with
social communication and interaction, and restricted or repetitive behaviors or
interests.
Mrs
Serwah Quaynor, Founder of Autism Awareness Care and Training Centre, told the Special Mothers Project that it has been 25 years of hard work and yet a lot still
needed to be done to achieve the full inclusion of persons living with Autism.
Ahead
of 2nd April, which is designated as World Autism Day, AaCT is
engaging in a series of awareness creation activities to enable people
understand persons on the autism spectrum disorder.
Mrs
Quaynor said Autism in Ghana was either the result of a curse or bad parenting,
but AaCT had proven that persons with Autism could develop their God given potential
when given the opportunity and the right support.
She said
almost all the autism centers in Ghana have received direct support with
respect to their inception and continuous delivery and have trained and
mentored numerous professionals supporting autism in Ghana.
Mrs
Quaynor called on the government to give practical support not only to persons
living with Autism but to all children with special educational needs to enable
them realise their full potential.
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