« This agreement signed this morning is part of a global approach of actions in favor of people with disabilities and allowing access to culture for all explains the mayor of the city, Pierre Savelli. ” The creation of such an entity perfectly meets the objectives of the label Cité Educative obtained by the City of Bastia in 2021. In an approach to access to culture for all, the creation of an inclusive resource center makes it possible to welcome people with disabilities and particularly children in a cultural place. adapted to their needs».
On the side of National Education, the inspector of the Haute-Corse academy, Bruno Benazech, says he is delighted with the outcome of this project initiated a few years ago: “ We are very attentive to everything related to the support of students with disabilities. The support will also be reinforced at the start of the next school year. We are already collaborating with several municipalities and we were very sensitive to listening to the city of Bastia for this very beautiful project. By benefiting from good infrastructure, these students will be in a better position to learn. All this will also be enriched, renewed over time »
Same enthusiasm on the side of the Community of Corsica. ” The signing of this agreement proves that even in times of austerity, we can succeed in promoting inclusive education underlines Jean-François Leoni, Director of the House of Disabled Persons of the Community of Corsica. ” Disability is sometimes synonymous with scorned opportunities and that is why we invest every day to help these children. This agreement is of course intended to be made permanent and extended to the entire territory. We will be inspired by this agreement for other municipalities, it will be a pilot tool in a way ».
Director of the city’s libraries and media libraries, Jocelyne Casta insisted on the difficulties encountered so far in welcoming such an audience. ” We often feel helpless. However, the role of a library or media library is to be able to accommodate all audiences. We have a very broad mission of welcoming all audiences, of access to culture, with the tools at our disposal. We are often confronted with the reception of schoolchildren, some of whom have disabilities, and their teachers. We are also often confronted with parents of these children who are also hesitant in their attitudes. We therefore needed appropriate resources to address these shortcomings. This requires tools such as books or adapted software and in this the MDPH gave us a list of equipment to acquire. 1is objective will be to integrate these children not as separate children but who like all the other children who have rights to these cultural tools. These tools will be used by teachers or parents. We are, in a way, tool couriers. For individual cases, however, we must be able to support them and via the MDPH small training sessions will be given to staff. We will thus have keys to receive children who may have behavioral problems. These new tools put in place will thus be able to provide access to culture, to appropriate the place ».
And the mayor of Bastia concludes: “ As part of the Bastia Corsica 2028 application for the European Capital of Culture label, the signing of this agreement is one of the first stones in the building of the project in terms of cultural rights and accessibility to places of culture for all. ».
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