International Autism Awareness Day, marked at the DGASPC Gorj level

Every year, on April 2, worldwide, International Autism Awareness Day is marked, with the aim of dynamizing efforts to promote a better understanding of this condition and to increase the level of information of the general public regarding the special needs of people with autism and their families.

On the occasion of the International Autism Awareness Day, the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection (DGASPC) Gorj organizes a series of activities that aim to emphasize the need to improve the quality of life of people with autism, so that they can lead a fulfilled life, as integral part of society.
Under the slogan “Today I wear blue”, the Complex of Community Services for Children with Handicap (CSCCH) Târgu-Jiu, a social service subordinated to DGASPC GORJ, marks this day through multiple recreational and socialization activities, starting from the first hours of April 2, when the little ones will be trained in various games and competitions.

Children from CSCCH Târgu-Jiu will also participate in building a large puzzle

Accompanied by specialist staff, the children from CSCCH Târgu-Jiu will also participate in building a large puzzle, after which they will move to the Central Park, where the “Autism Awareness March” will take place. The action will start around 10 o’clock, in the area of ​​the Masa Tăcerii and Porta Sărutului operas from Brancusi, where the children, together with volunteers from the partner high schools, will raise blue balloons.

The awareness march will continue with the “Parade of costumes made of recyclable materials”

The awareness march will continue with the “Parade of costumes made of recyclable materials”, starting from the park towards the “Elvira Godeanu” Dramatic Theater, on the pedestrian area, until the Prefecture Square. On this occasion, leaflets on autism will be distributed, in order to inform and sensitize public opinion about this disease.
Allergist Simona Coleașa is also actively involved in all these actions, who, for some time, frequently spends good hours with the children from CSCCH Târgu-Jiu, interacting with them and participating in various educational-recreational activities, in which they are trained children.

The CSCCH Târgu-Jiu building will be illuminated in blue

It should also be noted that, on April 2, both inside the Complex of Community Services for the Handicapped Child (CSCCH) Târgu-Jiu, and outside, panels with children’s works, as well as banners with messages for the community, will be displayed . The CSCCH Târgu-Jiu building will be illuminated in blue, the color symbolic of autism awareness, and the entrances to the center will be decorated with arches of blue balloons.

Leaflets with the title “Autism, the same world and yet different” will be distributed

Also, the Recovery Complex for Children with Disabilities (CRCD) Târgu-Jiu, another social service subordinated to DGASPC Gorj, carries out recreation and socialization activities, under the name “Colour the world in blue”, consisting of running an artistic program by the beneficiaries of the complex, supported by therapists. The Rehabilitation Complex for Children with Disabilities (CRCD) Târgu-Jiu, will be decorated with blue balloons, colored and painted boards, as well as a panel on which the beneficiaries’ works made on this occasion will be exhibited. During the event, leaflets with the title “Autism, the same world and yet different” will be distributed.

Autism is a serious developmental disorder, of a neurobiological nature, which affects the individual in three areas: communication, relating and adaptation of the senses to the environment.
At the level of Gorj County, in the DGASPC statistics, there are over 273 children diagnosed with autism.

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