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SEA: Advocacy, Supervision and Empowerment of Families with Autistic Members.
Project implemented with funding from the BUILD program

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The general goal of the project is to support people with autism and their families through information about their rights and planning strategies for asserting them. Often people on the spectrum and their families are asked to go through procedures that are necessary (exemption from military service, attending them in appropriate school contexts, claiming benefits, receiving treatments). Rights and benefits are not communicated or instructions are not clear (legislation changes frequently), adding stress to the already existing difficulties they face.

The project aims at the personalized support of families by operating a support office, where a social worker, trained in legislation and providing counseling, will support families through personal appointments, by any suitable means, in order to serve families from all over Greece.

The aim of the project is to support and empower people with autism and their families by informing them of their rights and how to claim them (counseling). At the same time, the supervision and recording of violations of their rights and the laws that concern them and advocacy for the improvement of the relevant legislative framework.

Actions

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Operation of a support office for people with autism and their families. Make an appointment HERE

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Publication of questions and solutions on the online information portal autismap.gr.

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Research recording violations of the rights of people with autism.

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Drafting and sending a Memorandum to competent Agencies and Ministries and holding meetings to exert pressure on the shortcomings of laws.

Target groups

 

Target groups of the project are people with autism and their families. Also, target groups are the Agencies for Autism, the Associations of Parents and Caregivers of children with autism and the general public through the information and awareness actions that will be implemented in the context of the project.

Project information

Implementation Body

Child and Adolescent Center

Partner

Association of Parents, Guardians and Friends, Children and Adults with Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Autism and Asperger's (DADAA)

Invitation

Protection and promotion of the rights and values ​​of the European Union /   "BUILD-Building a robust and democratic civic space".

The BUILD Program is co-financed by the European Union through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values ​​(CERV) program, the Bodosaki Foundation and the NGO Support Center.   It aims to protect, promote and raise awareness of the fundamental rights and values ​​of the EU, through the support of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Greece and the Republic of Cyprus and strengthening their capacities and sustainability

Project Duration

11 months, March 2024 – January 2025

Contact Person

Katerina Maredis, Monday – Friday 9:00-16:00, 210 5782341

The " SEA : Advocacy, Supervision and Empowerment of Families with Autistic Members" project is implemented within the framework of the BUILD program , with the implementing body the "Child and Adolescent Center" and the partner the "Association of Parents, Guardians and Friends, Children and Adults with Pervasive Developmental Disorders" Disorder, Autism and Asperger 's. The " Building a robust and democratic civic space " ( BUILD ) program aims to protect, promote and widely recognize the fundamental rights and values ​​of the EU, through the support of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Greece and Cyprus and strengthening their capacities and sustainability. BUILD is co-financed by the European Union, through the Citizens , Equality , Rights and Values ​​( CERV ) program , the Bodosaki Foundation and the Cyprus NGO Support Center with a total grant amount of €2.9 million. The coordinator of BUILD is the Bodosaki Foundation (Greece ) in partnership with the NGO Support Center (Cyprus).

"With the funding of the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the European Union, the European Education and Culture Executive Agency ( EACEA ) or the Bodosakis Foundation. The European Union, the EACEA and the Bodosaki Foundation cannot be held responsible for the views expressed."