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| Noelia Arroyo seen the ten students with ASD in January they will begin internships in the municipal offices | The vice mayor, Noelia Arroyo, and the councilor for Tourism, Cristina Pérez, have visited the 10 students of the tourism assistant course organized by the Autismo Somos Todos association and the Cartagena City Council for young people, mostly, with spectrum disorders autistic.The course, which is promoted by the AMIAB national association for comprehensive care for people with disabilities, is the first experience aimed at labor integration undertaken by Autismo Somos Todos, it will be taught in the coming weeks at the association's facilities in the University Quarter and they will have a practical development in the tourist offices of Cartagena from the month of January, as reported by the deputy mayor.

In total, 170 hours of content will be taught in theoretical modules and 112 practical hours.“The association and the teachers are doing an excellent job aimed at developing the capacities of these boys and girls to the maximum and that is why they are served with the criteria of the One-to-One project, which is based precisely on adapting learning in a individualized to each class of disability.

That is the way to achieve the best results ”, said Arroyo.The placement of these trainees will be carried out in a very adapted way and that is why the Tourism team and personally the councilor, Cristina Pérez, have been in charge of finding the location that strategically has a greater capacity to adapt to the different capacities of each one .Those responsible for Autismo Somos Todos have highlighted the importance of a training activity in the tourism field, which requires a great capacity for socialization, which is a great challenge and also an opportunity for personal development.The Association works to consolidate all adult life services for people with ASD in Cartagena and its region and especially in the development of other training and employment projects for the group, which is increasingly numerous.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena