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Tips for parents to support inclusive education Source: Multi-IN Manual for parents and family members on multidisciplinary care and inclusive education of pupils with spina bifida and hydrocephalus Helping children achieve optimal independence in everyday life and build functional life skills is critical to achieving independence and self-confidence in children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. …

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Let us introduce 17-year-old Victoria. She attends a high school with advanced foreign language studies. Тhe barriers she faces in education are related to her diagnoses but they do not stop Viktoria from studying her favorite subjects and expanding her knowledge. That’s what Vicky’s plans for the future are all about.See how school and inclusion …

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Source: Multi-IN GENERAL GUIDELINES for inclusive education and multidisciplinary care of leaners with spina bifida and hydrocephalus Children with disabilities are a vulnerable group of children and a specific group of persons with disabilities. The United Nations presented the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with the aim of reinforcing their full and …

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the right to inclusive education for children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus Read More »

Conversation with Ilina Cholakova, Agency for Social Development VISION, Bulgaria In June 2022, Agency for Social Development VISION (VISION Agency) joined the Multi-IN project, which aims to support the inclusion of students with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in schools and kindergartens. VISION is a provider of social services for children and adults with disabilities in …

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Andrej Drdul and Terézia Drdulová Knowledge is power, community is strength and positive attitude is everything. Lance ARMSTRONG Spina bifida or hydrocephalus does not define the child.Their personality is made up of a unique set of characteristics, of which only one part is disability. How his disability affects his development and future is decided at an early …

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The second transnational meeting of the Multi-In project took place in Varna, Bulgaria, from 12 to 14 September 2022. Terézia Drdulová and Katarína Ondášová from the Early Intervention Centre Trnava came to the working meetings to evaluate the cooperation on the project so far and to plan further activities together with Slaveya Kostadinova from the …

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On September 6th, we presented the Multi-IN project, within the 29th International Conference on Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. The conference is traditionally organized by the International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (IF) and this year it went under the motto “Diverse Needs, Same Rights”. “Introduction of Multi-IN project by Bulgaria and Slovakia” was included …

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Summer months is the time when the spina bifida and hydrocephalus associations in Bulgaria and Slovakia traditionally hold their camps. This year the partners presented the Multi-IN project in front of children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and their parents who participated in the camps. Spina bifida and hydrocephalus-Bulgaria held its camp in the period …

Presentation of the Multi-IN project in front of children with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus and parents from Bulgaria and Slovakia Read More »

 “Everybody has Some Body and Head” (Created by Katarina Turcekova –  amazing mother of young woman with SBH) I’ve met people with spina bifida and hydrocephalus since I was a child … unbelievable, but as a child – almost 50 years ago – I was able to observe more than a 40-years-old gentleman in my …

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If you have no previous experience with persons with disabilities, you might tend to various stereotypes: It’s much better some children with disabilities to be educated in special schools or kindergartens. People with disabilities either can’t work or require wide range of adjustments of their potential workplace. These prejudices are just very natural result of …

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