Young deaf members of the Federation of the Deaf in the Region of Murcia (FESORMU), visited Informajoven facilities of the Youth Council of the City of Murcia, in order to adapt the municipal youth information services to young sensory impairment (deaf and mostly blind.)
The young deaf proposed measures to adapt content and presentation of information provided by the Informajoven people with hearing disabilities.
In addition, young people and the municipal engineers are studying the possibility of creating an information point Informajoven in the Federation of Deaf People in the Murcia Region and to inform young deaf services offered by the Informajoven, transcribing information into the language of signs.
This action is part of an international project funded by the European Union and promoted by the Youth Council of the City of Murcia, who heads María Dolores Sánchez, involving 56 representatives from 8 organizations of young people with sensory disabilities as FESORMU and Services Youth of the municipalities of Murcia, Setubal (Portugal), Torino (Italy), Paris (France), Mexico City (Mexico), San Isidro (Argentina), Cali (Colombia) and Cuenca (Ecuador).
All these cities have Youth Information Centres prestige.
The project aims to promote measures that promote the involvement of young people with disabilities in information and communication.
Moreover, once the work and applying the conclusions that are reached will be adapted Youth information services for young people with sensory disabilities, it will mean more to these young people in schools and youth information services and strengthen the relationship between Youth Services of local councils and associations of people with sensory disabilities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia