The RAWK Foundation held a visitation today to meet autistic children at the NASOM intervention centre. Do not be fooled by the name, it is basically a school for autistic children, where autistic children are able to spend their time learning, playing, and just being taken care of. The centre itself was comprised of two floors, the bottom being mostly a playroom and the upper floors being more conventional rooms with more desks and less fluffy toys.
The visitation was greeted by a representative of the centre. She explained that there were about 40 children there, between the ages of 4-15 years of age. 30 of the children were part of the morning session, which we were avaible for, and the remaining children were part of the afternoon session, which we missed.
Since we were there for the morning show, we decided to split to two - about half of us, and half of the children, would go downstairs to play games such as musical chairs, while the ones upstairs would all get together for an arts and craft session (also known as a fill up the supplied cloth with copius amounts of paint session). After a few hours, both halves switched roles. The end result was that fun was had by all, and there were two long lengths of painted cloth.
The trip was definitely worth it for us all that went. Hopefully the visit was beneficial to everyone involved, not least of all the people in charge the centre, and the autistic kids themselves.
This was a good day. May any other RAWKing activities proceed smoothly in the future.
PS - Pictures will be displayed when they become available.
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