New Day … New Hope
10% of the world’s population have a disability There are 400 million disabled people in developing
countries 20% of population are effected when families are
taken into account Only 1-2% of persons with disabilities in developing
countries receive an education Only 1-2% of people with a disability in low income
communities receive the rehabilitative services they need
What causes disability?
• Malnutrition• Poor maternal health• Child birth• Intermarriages• Vehicular crashes• Work injuries• Conflict• Illness – e.g., TB, polio, measles, HIV/AIDS,
diabetes, etc.
MEDICAL MODEL
Charity
Nothing about Us without Us
SOCIAL MODEL
Community Based Rehab
Establishment
AAMAL is a non-profit organisation established in 2002 to provide
services and rehabilitation to the disabled individuals and their
families
Our Vision
By spreading knowledge & awareness, securing treatment & rehabilitation,
and advocating for inclusion
To empower Individuals with
disabilities toward living
life in full
Our Mission
By acting as a catalyst for change, pursuing an integrated approach and
networking with others to achieve the broadest impact
We strive to make a difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities
1- Academic and Training Program2- Rehabilitation Program3- Deaf Support Program4- Social Awareness & Knowledge5- Governmental Advocacy
AAMAL’s Programs
5784 trainees from 235 institutions
Target Groups:
AAMAL staff
Master students
Specialists in government NGOs
Rehab centres
Families
1- Academic and Training Program
1- Speech & Language Pathology Centre (SLP):Rehabilitation services for a wide variety of communication
disorders. 8000 cases were treated
Stuttering
Voice & swallowing disorders
Speech and language disorders
Aphasia
2- Rehabilitation Program
2-Audiology Centre:850 cases are served on annual bases Hearing screening Identify type, location and
degree of hearing loss
Audiology evaluation
Assess candidacy and calibration
for cochlear implant
2- Rehabilitation Program (cont.)
3- Autism Centre:752 cases have been screened
546 cases have been diagnosed
72 children are in Autism center
Diagnosis services
Teach daily skills through
behavioral modification
Train parents on modification techniques
2- Rehabilitation Program (cont.)
4- The Educational Centre for the Hearing Impaired (ECHI)
28 children in the center
30 children have been included
Into mainstream schools
Develop Social and
interactional communication
Develop academic skills
Establish an individual educational plan for every child
2- Rehabilitation Program (cont.)
5- The Educational Centre for the Visually Impaired (ECVI)
One on One treatment
Teach people with visual
impairment daily living skills
Train people with visual
impairment on utilizing “Braille”
Train people with visual impairment on visual interaction
2- Rehabilitation Program (cont.)
The Deaf Support Programme is the newly established
program in AAMAL that focuses on research on deaf culture
provisions and bilingual learning of deaf children.
It pledges to uphold the right of the deaf people everywhere
to have equal access to information and knowledge.
3- Deaf Support Program
AAMAL’s various programs and activities aim to promote social inclusion of people with disabilities into communities. This is an on going process, which includes:
Organizing awareness campaigns
Celebrating special events related to disability
Establishing family forum
Bridging people, organizations, countries with the same experience to mutually teach and learn
4- Social Awareness & KnowledgeCrosscutting activities
AAMAL has contributed in governmental advocacy through:
• The promulgation of laws (34) and (36) in 2004. which are the first laws in Syria dedicated to disability
• The development of internal procedures for social day care centers
• Presenting the National Plan for the Rehabilitation of Disabled People which was endorsed in Syria by 2008
5- Governmental Advocacy
The National Plan for Rehabilitation People with Disability
Main Activities:1- Developing legislations and issuing a report on the state of
disability.2- Studying the current state of disability and creating the national
disability registrar.3- Building capacities in disability media, early intervention,
treatment, rehabilitation.4- Prevention and early detection.5- Community accessibility and Inclusion in society.6- Social awareness campaigns.7- Establishing and operating rehabilitation and vocational training
institutions for disability and prostheses production centres.
1- Establishing NGO forum for disability 2- Initiating Disability Trust Fund3- Starting new academic programs4- Starting new services (i.e. Occupational Therapy, IQ tests, Learning Disorder).
AAMAL’s Expanding Activities
Rehabilitation International International Federation for Rehabilitation Arabic Network for Autism Partnership with various International
Universities and NGO’s
AAMAL in International Structures
धन्यवा�दPrepared and presented byDr. Rami Y. Khalil
Executive Director of [email protected]. aamalsyria.org
New Day … New Hope 2010