Maria Foundation Launches Documentary on Community Living for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, Hopes for Support to Integrate into Society
The Maria Social Welfare Foundation has released a documentary titled "On the Way Home," which chronicles the daily lives of five individuals with intellectual disabilities. The film aims to showcase their journey towards independent living within the community and seeks to garner greater public understanding and support for their integration into society.
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(Central News Agency reporter Zhao Liyan, Taichung, 11th) The Maria Social Welfare Foundation has launched a documentary titled "On the Way Home," which records the daily lives of five individuals with intellectual disabilities, showcasing the transformation of people with disabilities living in communities in Taiwan. Through the documentary, it hopes to allow more people to understand and support people with disabilities in integrating into social life.
The Maria Social Welfare Foundation today issued a press release, announcing that it has partnered with the "Taiwan Community Living and Independent Living Alliance" to hold a documentary exchange event, inviting Japan's Soshien to Taiwan to share their experience in community living support. The team for the documentary "Spreading Wings to Fly," from interviews, voiceovers to editing, was jointly completed by individuals with intellectual disabilities with support.
The documentary "On the Way Home," launched by the Maria Social Welfare Foundation, presents the real-life transformations of people with disabilities in communities in Taiwan. The film records the community living stories of five individuals with intellectual disabilities. Among them, Zhiying, due to family changes, lived in a residential institution and later moved to community living, beginning to learn to take buses, cook, and work.
A-Zhu, in the process of reconnecting with family memories, learned to care for her mother and began to take care of her housemates; Xiao-Zu, in love, learned to plan her own life; A-Hua, who is illiterate, uses images and codes to keep accounts and uses her mobile phone to remind herself to take the bus, go to work, and report on work; Ying-Ying, who has hemiplegia, strives to participate in housework and daily life.
"Zhiying's life" is still not the daily reality for most people with disabilities. As of the end of last year, there were only 205 community living services nationwide, supporting only 872 individuals with physical and mental disabilities to enter the community and start independent living. It is hoped that through Japan's experience, Taiwan will have more diverse and supportive possibilities in the future. (Editor: Chen Renhua) 1150511
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(Central News Agency reporter Zhao Liyan, Taichung, 11th) The Maria Social Welfare Foundation has launched a documentary titled "On the Way Home," which records the daily lives of five individuals with intellectual disabilities, showcasing the transformation of people with disabilities living in communities in Taiwan. Through the documentary, it hopes to allow more people to understand and support people with disabilities in integrating into social life.
The Maria Social Welfare Foundation today issued a press release, announcing that it has partnered with the "Taiwan Community Living and Independent Living Alliance" to hold a documentary exchange event, inviting Japan's Soshien to Taiwan to share their experience in community living support. The team for the documentary "Spreading Wings to Fly," from interviews, voiceovers to editing, was jointly completed by individuals with intellectual disabilities with support.
The documentary "On the Way Home," launched by the Maria Social Welfare Foundation, presents the real-life transformations of people with disabilities in communities in Taiwan. The film records the community living stories of five individuals with intellectual disabilities. Among them, Zhiying, due to family changes, lived in a residential institution and later moved to community living, beginning to learn to take buses, cook, and work.
A-Zhu, in the process of reconnecting with family memories, learned to care for her mother and began to take care of her housemates; Xiao-Zu, in love, learned to plan her own life; A-Hua, who is illiterate, uses images and codes to keep accounts and uses her mobile phone to remind herself to take the bus, go to work, and report on work; Ying-Ying, who has hemiplegia, strives to participate in housework and daily life.
"Zhiying's life" is still not the daily reality for most people with disabilities. As of the end of last year, there were only 205 community living services nationwide, supporting only 872 individuals with physical and mental disabilities to enter the community and start independent living. It is hoped that through Japan's experience, Taiwan will have more diverse and supportive possibilities in the future. (Editor: Chen Renhua) 1150511
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