According to & nbsp; data from the Pension Fund, in & nbsp; Russia over 11.7 & nbsp; mln. People with Disabilities. On & nbsp; there are about 200 & nbsp; thousand. & mdash; & nbsp; with & nbsp; hearing impairment and. But & nbsp; even if a person can't see and hear, you can help them learn to use a computer, type messages on a & nbsp; smartphone, and doing simple things around the house.
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Assistants for the Blind
Usually the lot of such people, especially if & nbsp; they have no relatives, & nbsp; & mdash; neuropsychiatric boarding school or retirement homes. An alternative to this & nbsp; & mdash; supported accommodation. Several of these projects are implemented by the Russian Orthodox Church. One of the & nbsp; them & nbsp; & mdash; House for the deafblind in & nbsp; Puchkovo (www.domsg. & Nbsp; ru). This is the first center in & nbsp; Russia Accompanied Accommodation for Deafblind People, which opened in & nbsp; 2014 at the temple of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God in the village of Puchkovo in & nbsp; New Moscow. Founded “ Maison '' temple priest Lev Arshakyan in & nbsp; 2014 & nbsp; year. “ In & nbsp; 1999 I met in & nbsp; Holy Land with & nbsp; the deaf-blind philosopher-scientist Sergei Sirotkin , graduated from Moscow State University (S. Sirotkin participated in the Soviet experiment, when 4 people without hearing were able to go to higher education & nbsp; & mdash; Ed.), & nbsp; & mdash; said Father Leo. & mdash; & nbsp; And & nbsp; so there was an idea to give these people a spiritual view and & nbsp; an audition. I served in the temple where the miraculous Puchkovskaya icon of the Kazan Mother of God is located. As you know, she is a special assistant for blind people. Deafblindness & mdash; this is the most difficult condition. And & nbsp; like that & nbsp; & mdash; to be torn from the & nbsp; world of sounds and & nbsp; visual images, up to & nbsp; end to understand us, see and & nbsp; to hear, is impossible. And & nbsp; after all, these people need love most of all. Our mission & nbsp; & mdash; to socialize and & nbsp; bring to God those who are completely cut off from & nbsp; visible world.
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In the & nbsp; “ House of the deafblind '' Home furnishings are fitted out: bedrooms for 2-3 people, a kitchen and a dining hall, places to relax. There are training courses & nbsp; & mdash; for IT culture and & nbsp; with & nbsp; psychologists, and & nbsp; also workshops & nbsp; & mdash; pottery and & nbsp; for & nbsp; make memories. In terms of & nbsp;, before the New Year holidays, the demand for & nbsp; souvenirs is great, they are sold through an online store, and & nbsp; people with disabilities themselves receive a salary for & nbsp; job. The house is designed for about twenty people, some live there permanently, others come for training. Study programs last from & nbsp; months in & nbsp; year. & Nbsp; 80% of people then begin to live independently or partially with & nbsp; support.
Vlad, 20, since birth, has completely lost his sight and hearing due to birth trauma. & Nbsp; his parents have two other younger children, but & nbsp; the guy has lived his whole life in a & nbsp; orphanage and & nbsp; didn't know how to do it without the help of adults. In almost & nbsp; one year at the & nbsp; House of the deafblind il & nbsp; learned basic household skills and & nbsp; even the felting craft of & nbsp; wool to make souvenirs. His teachers are convinced that as he learns & nbsp; he will be able to cook his own food, do chores independently around the house, and & nbsp; not just sitting in a chair.
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Alexander barely & nbsp; sees and & nbsp; does not hear, until adulthood he lived with & nbsp; mother and & nbsp; grandmother, remaining practically helpless in & nbsp; life. Now he is learning to cook, setting the table, discovering a talent for reading poetry. A young man Nikolay officially works in the warehouse of an online store, takes care of the assembly and packaging of orders of fabrics and accessories for sewing production. Deaf-blind Margarita, a graduate of the Sergiev-Posad children's boarding school and & nbsp; young invalids, was afraid to leave home, now she moves independently in the city and & nbsp; work. The deafblind masseur Nebi from a village in & nbsp; from Dagestan converted to Orthodoxy and & nbsp; also lives in the & nbsp; “ Home ''.
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A computer for the blind
Most Home employees & nbsp; & mdash; also have a hearing or visual impairment. For example, Evgeniya Lagunina do & nbsp; does not see and & nbsp; hear only with & nbsp; electronics. At the same time, she graduated from university in & nbsp; specialty “ programming '', and & nbsp; now she & nbsp; & mdash; a unique specialist who trains people with a & nbsp; complete lack of vision and hearing when working at a computer, sending messages by & nbsp; telephone. How is it possible? Special programs have been developed to translate electronic text into & nbsp; Braille (in & nbsp; each letter denotes a set of raised dots) and & nbsp; backwards. These three-dimensional letter-dots are reproduced on a & nbsp; decoder connected to a & nbsp; computer or phone, and & nbsp; blind people 'read' their & nbsp; fingers.
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On the territory of the “ House & # 39; & # 39; also rehabilitate young people with & nbsp; autism from & nbsp; 18 & nbsp; years. With & nbsp; psychologists, speech therapists and & nbsp; exercise therapy teachers participate. The initiator of the “ The Route of Mercy '' project Father Leonid Tsarevsky became rector of the Church of the Mother of God in Kazan, & nbsp; who gave birth to a special child. Son Sergey matured, but & nbsp; he still needed corrective support. And & nbsp; father decided to organize such a project for adult children, who already in & nbsp; children's organizations do not take in & nbsp; the power of age. A total of 8 children with severe autism and other mental disorders are currently involved in the program. The works of a deaf artist with autism are on display at exhibitions, in & nbsp; including foreigners.
A new building for the House of the Deaf-Blind will open its doors at the end of December; at & nbsp; 15 & nbsp; people, where deafblind people will live in separate apartments with & nbsp; escorts, and & nbsp; also organized a hospice and & nbsp; temple. There, & nbsp; and & nbsp; a small cheese factory will operate on the territory, where the inhabitants of the house will work.
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Found your home
Another unique project of the Russian Orthodox Church & nbsp; & mdash; Hagia Sophia Social House of the Orthodox Service “ Mercy '' to & nbsp; Moscow. This is the first non-governmental institution in & nbsp; Russia for children with & nbsp; severe multiple developmental disorders. Until 2015 this building was an ordinary orphanage. But & nbsp; children grew up, began to live independently, someone was taken into & nbsp; families, and & nbsp; the need for such an institution is gone. And & nbsp; here they organized a social home for the children who lived in the & nbsp; most difficult department of children's boarding school number & nbsp; 15. The Sisters of Mercy and the & nbsp; volunteers came regularly to take care of the children, and & nbsp; then brought many to & nbsp; Hagia Sophia Orphanage.
“One of the differences of our social home from the children's boarding school is that guys can live here and after they come of age,” says the deputy director of the Hagia Sophia & bdquo; Mercy & ldquo; Svetlana Panasik … & mdash; & nbsp; Usually these children with & nbsp; developmental disorders after 18 & nbsp; are only waiting for a neuropsychiatric boarding school, where, due to lack of care, not everyone survives. At & nbsp;, we & nbsp; created a family environment, all the guys study in correctional schools, attend extra classes & nbsp; & mdash; dance, exercise therapy, with & nbsp; psychologists. Most, unfortunately, do not speak. But & nbsp; there are exceptions. Victoria appeared at & nbsp; when they took the boy into the & nbsp; family, and & nbsp; one place has been freed (a total of seven children have been transferred to the family). She didn't speak at all, but now communicates well. ”
In total & nbsp; now the ROC has more than 400 projects to help people with disabilities, including 8 & nbsp; supported life projects as an alternative to neuropsychiatric boarding schools. They are located at & nbsp; Penza, Moscow, Leningrad, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl and & nbsp; in other regions. In the near future, the house of the accompanied residence will open in the & nbsp; town of Livny, Orel region.
