By Tanya Skripko | leader
The week before the New Year’s Eve was very busy and full of events for all of us.
All the kids in our inclusion project celebrated the upcoming New Year with their classmates. There was a variety of activities. Kids performed, danced and did quests collecting the pieces of a New Year tree and assembling it afterward. No matter what they were doing, the point is they were engaged and happy.
Some time ago most of these kids could do almost anything. Now all of them can read their name on the gift-box, some can even write New Year wish list, dance or say lines for a performance, they can count the guests and prepare the right number of plates for the party, make cupcakes and lay the table.
Most important – they are experiencing pure joy. And this is the hardest thing to teach to autistic students: to inspire them with genuine emotions and pure joy of human connection and interaction. These are the skills you cannot explain by merely sitting at state-of-the-art table in state-of-the-art SEPARATE room. These skills can only develop when you are around other people – peers and adults, just through experiencing the real world day by day.
Happy New Year to everyone who’s making it happen, who is supporting it, who is sharing the sincere joy of these kids!
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