The Roberto Wirth Fund mission
The Roberto Wirth Fund is a non-profit association that is dedicated to supporting deaf and deafblind children, and their families.
The association focuses in particular on children from birth to six years and works with programmes that promote an adequate cognitive, affective/emotional, social, linguistic and communicative development, that allows children to fully express their personality.
Why we work with deaf and deafblind children
Many deaf and deafblind children in Italy do not receive adequate support during their development. Unfortunately, services, programmes and professionals do not fully respond to their particular needs from birth to diagnosis, and during rehabilitation or habilitation until they attend school. Such deficiencies can affect the process of development and may prevent children from attaining the best quality of life.
Families are often unprepared when they have a deaf or deafblind child, and can be disoriented in choosing the best response to their child's needs.
Our activities
- Give indispensable support to families to help them make informed and constructive choices.
- Develop programmes that promote the growth of deaf and deafblind children.
- Create projects in the field of education, art and sport.
- Provide study scholarships to attend Gallaudet University, USA, to deaf students, in collaboration with the Italian Fulbright Commission.
- Organise seminars, workshops and conferences on deaf and deafblind themes.
- Carry out research and produce educational materials and information resources.
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