Technical Notebooks 19 - Valuing difference: SCML's intervention in disability

This volume is entirely dedicated to the theme of disability, covering various areas provided by the services of Misericórdia de Lisboa, as well as external perspectives from those conducting research on the subject.

From outside the institution, we receive two articles from two academics: the first dedicated to the transition to adult life, a particularly important moment in which the issue of collaboration between entities and technicians deserves special attention; the second about the paradigm of active citizenship and the transformation of organizations, considering the times of change we are living in.

Always with the intention of sharing the best practices resulting from the intervention of SCML, three other articles are presented which, without exhausting all the actions developed, provide a broad view of what is done internally day by day. The assessment of the quality of life of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, carried out by the Disability Support Unit; early intervention in visual impairment; and preparation for the full autonomy of young people with disabilities. These are the three remaining topics addressed with the rigor and knowledge that come from the extensive experience of the Santa Casa technicians.  

DIRECTOR Paulo Sousa DIRECTOR OF CULTURE Teresa Nicolau
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Samuel Esteves

EDITORIAL COORDINATION Dora Santos Rosa TECHNICAL COORDINATION 

AUTHORS António Santinha (Director of the Autonomy Support Unit, SCML) | Filipa Periquito (Senior Psychomotor Rehabilitation Technician, Nossa Senhora dos Anjos Rehabilitation Center) | Isabel Pargana (Director of the Nossa Senhora dos Anjos Rehabilitation Center) | Lúcia Canha (Researcher, FCT Postdoctoral Fellow, Consultant/Supervisor of Intervention in the area of disability) | Maria João Gonçalves (Director of Autonomous Residences, SCML) | Sofia Santos (Assistant Professor, UIDEF – Institute of Education, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon) | Renata Salvador (Senior Rehabilitation and Social Integration Technician, Nossa Senhora dos Anjos Rehabilitation Center) | Ricardo Rodrigues (Director of the D. Carlos I Training Center, SCML) | Vanda Miguel (Director of the Disability Support Unit, SCML)

INDEX Joining forces: creativity and collaboration in the transition to adult life – 06 Paradigm of active citizenship and the transformation of organizations – 18
Quality of life assessment of people with intellectual disabilities
and development (DID) – 28 | Early intervention in disability
visual. The sensory stimulation program in early childhood – 40 | Prepare
the full autonomy of the young person with a disability. The experience in the approach
to the movement from independent living to adult life – 48 | Testimonials – 56

Review: José L. Baptista 
Pagination: Cristina Cascais

Year of publication: Dec., 2024
Editor: Editorial Center of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
ISBN: 2184-612X