Autism. What about it?

Name of the activity: Autism. What about it?

Country/NMO: Venezuela (FEVESOCEM)

Program: Teaching Medical Skills

Contact information: [email protected]

Type of the activity: Education. Education on health issues for specific societal groups, either in the form of projects (set of tasks for a certain group over a fixed period of time), events (something notable that happens) or conferences (form meeting about ideas related to a particular topic, usually over several days).

General description:

This campaign seeks to make a gesture Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) informing about this condition from a respectful with diversity, making sure that people with this condition have the necessary tools to exercise their rights and fundamental freedoms and this way to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of individuals with ASD, so that they can lead a full and rewarding life as an integral part of society.

Focus area:

child health

Problem statement:

The problem to address is the need for a social awarenessabout autism and insufficient support at the international level to the properintegration of persons with ASD

Target groups:

General population, Medical students

Beneficiaries:

General population, Medical students

Objectives and indicators of success:

General Objective

Inform and educate about autism spectrum disorders

Specific objectives:

Increase social awareness of ASD

Promote and contribute to the inclusion of people with ASD.

Introduce the daily life of people with ASD to help improve the quality of life of these people with ASD and their families

Defense and protection of the fundamental rights of people with ASD

Success Indicators:

1. Number of informative virtual campaigns published in the social networks of local societies.

2. Number of infographics made by local officials.

Methodology:

The activity consists of 2 phases:

1. Publication of flyer with basic information about ASD.

2. Publication of an informative video about ASD and another video of the daily life of people with ASD.

Plans for evaluation:

The monitoring of the different activities carried out by every National Officer according to what is established in the guidelines of the activity that was sent to each of them, will be done through consecutive revisions of the visual material that will be published in the different social networks, with the purpose that there is a feedback and is oriented to the local official with the necessary guidelines for the development of the activity, after that the evaluation of the activity will be done through the graphic evidence (infographics) of the different campaigns carried out by the different local societies .