As the World Autism Awareness Day is approaching, on the afternoon of March 27, Zhenru Town Street held a full-process people's democratic discussion of "True Star Wish" and a community charity supermarket to solve the "Children of the Stars" society at the Putuo District Library. Incorporate activities. Wu Lingyu, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the District People's Congress, Wang Jue, deputy district mayor, and Ouyang Ping, deputy secretary and vice chairman of the Party Leadership Group of the District CPPCC, attended the meeting. At the
site, representatives from schools, enterprises, social organizations, special families, media observers, and committee members gathered together to carry out special democratic dialogues using the Zhenru Community Charity Supermarket as a breakthrough point to jointly provide support for special groups such as "Children of the Stars" Providing advice and suggestions on social integration issues also makes various measures closer to the people's sentiments and more down-to-earth, providing more wisdom and strength for social governance.
Zhenru Community Education "Mother Salon" project will gather the power of Zhenru community educators and bring warmth and hope to "children of the stars" and their families.
Charity supermarket holds "Zhenru Star Wish"
at 171 Beishi Road, Putuo District Among the shops along the street is an inconspicuous community charity supermarket. Kitchen tools priced at 1 yuan, last-minute food at 10 yuan, big-name skin care products at 20 yuan... In a supermarket of only 49 square meters, the goods for sale are of high quality and low price, and some prices are even less than half of the market price. It is very popular in the neighborhood. Residents welcome.
What is even more surprising is that eight autistic young people take turns serving as store clerks in the supermarket. Tallying, shopping guide, cashier, stocking... According to the personality and expertise of each clerk, the manager of the charity supermarket arranged different work contents for them. Previously, reporters have reported the story of charity supermarket "shopping guide" Yue Yue ("At the age of 31, Putuo took the first step to "self-reliance").
In February last year, the Putuo District Civil Affairs Bureau and Zhenru Town Subdistrict jointly launched a charity exploration to create a "charity supermarket" brand project. Through the government's platform, enterprises and citizens offer love, and third parties provide professional employment services to help autistic youth. Cultivating life skills and integrating into social life "firstly, it can mobilize their subjective initiative and help them exchange labor for respect; secondly, it can also take root in the community, feed back the society, and use charity to improve the livelihood and well-being of the surrounding residents."
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Today, this small charity supermarket has become a link between “star youth” and society, providing a service for their society Integration has made useful explorations. Since its operation 14 months ago, various government departments, social organizations, enterprises and individuals have also extended a helping hand, creating a good social atmosphere of caring for special groups such as "Children of the Stars".
However, opening the "star" door and integrating into society is far from a day's work. In order to create a more inclusive and understanding living environment for special groups, at the event site, Zhenru Town Street launched the "Zhenru Star Wish" livelihood brand, and explored the establishment of a "Children of the Stars" assistance system of "loving escort + professional support + diverse cooperation", including : Launched the "Mother Salon" project of Zhenru Community Education to further implement care and care services for special groups and promote the construction of an inclusive barrier-free environment; unveiled the "Social Practice Point for Charity and Cultural Minors", and by creating the first practice point, Increase minors' attention and understanding of "Children of the Stars"; and establish a "True Star Wish" volunteer service point to rely on volunteer service forces from all walks of life to provide stronger guarantees and support for the social integration of special groups.
Since 2021, Ele.me has held the "Flowing Animation Exhibition" for Autism Day promotion on Blue Knight lunch boxes across the country for the fourth consecutive year.
The Ele.me Autism Day "Let Love Flow" ar art exhibition was also arranged on site. Give the audience a unique aesthetic experience. These paintings created by "Children of the Stars" have bright colors and rich themes, depicting the sensitive, delicate, rich and free inner world of special groups. They also call on more social forces to pay attention to and help the "Children of the Stars" and other special groups. Current status of survival.
Many parties are talking about building a "bridge to the stars"
For a long time, education, employment, medical treatment, and elderly care have been four major problems that cannot be circumvented for special groups such as "children of the stars" and their families. Due to the lack of support in terms of vocational training, employment, and care and placement, most "star youth" can only end up being "captive" at home or entering mental hospitals.
Experts, scholars, practitioners, and representatives held special democratic dialogues to provide suggestions for the social integration of special groups such as "Children of the Stars"
"It is actually very difficult to push these children out to contact society. Once they develop inner frustration, It may be difficult to heal the fear of society in the future. The charity supermarket is not only a supermarket, but also a platform and window. It grafts the resources of society, government, parents, and enterprises, and at the same time provides children with safety, A friendly and relaxed environment can reduce the stress and anxiety that autistic young people may feel, thereby increasing their social participation and giving them an opportunity to learn to observe the behavior of ordinary people."
"Home-school societies should pay attention to autism together For children's career education, establish a full-career development education support system oriented towards social integration. Only family education, school education, and social practice base form a closed loop can children be taken out of their closed world, and this process is also A process of continuous improvement."
"From childhood to adulthood, various abnormal emotions and behaviors will always appear repeatedly in the life of autistic patients. However, a kind reminder or the comfort of a smile can help They overcome emotions and correct wrong behaviors. Therefore, I think it is necessary to raise public awareness of this group and build a social environment that can accommodate them."
"My child has typical moderate to severe autism. But after ten years of training, he went from avoiding the crowd to loving to join in the fun, and his whole person has undergone earth-shaking changes. This shows that autism can be changed if we have targeted education and training, assistance and support. ."
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In order to give full play to the function of Zhenru Town Street Charity Supermarket as a job practice platform for special groups, and also to find practical solutions for "Children of the Stars" to build a bridge to society, the event site, from East China Experts and scholars from normal universities, practitioners in related fields, and representatives of special families put forward many valuable opinions and suggestions during exchanges and discussions based on actual conditions.
"We look forward to the launch of the 'Zhenru Star Wish' livelihood brand project to bring more hope and warmth to special groups and provide more wisdom and strength for social governance." Yang Lienzhong, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Zhenru Town Street and Director of the People's Congress Working Committee He said that carrying out the "True Star Wish" full-process people's democratic deliberative activities is a vivid practice to solidly promote the deepening and solidification of democratic construction. By giving full play to the role of the whole-process people's democratic deliberative mechanism, it gathers the strength of all parties and extensively collects public opinion for the Further optimize the provision of new ideas and directions for public services.
Source: Shanghai Putuo
