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The City Council of Puerto Lumbreras will install pictograms the pedestrian crossings of the schools of the municipality and the Integral Center for People with Disabilities (CIPED), to facilitate the identification of actions or signs on public roads for people with difficulties to understand and communicate with the language written and even oral.

Among them, people with cognitive or language difficulties such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger's syndrome, intellectual disability or with altered sensory perceptions, or neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's or aphasia among many others.

Pictograms are also useful for young children, older children with cognitive loss and even those who do not speak our language.

All of them require the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems (SAAC), based on forms of expression other than spoken language: a system of symbols, both graphics (photographs, drawings, pictograms) as words or letters.

In this sense, signaling with pictograms is used to convey a message of immediate understanding since they are clear and precise, so that the person can understand them instantly.

"The general objective of this initiative is to advance universal accessibility and equal opportunities for people affected with autism spectrum disorders, or other communication problems, while raising awareness in society," said the mayor of Puerto Lumbreras;

María Ángeles Tunisia.

It should be noted that this new integrating action, launched by the City Council, is carried out with the collaboration of the regional associations ASTRADE and ASTEAMUR, and thanks to the support of Fundación La Caixa, which after the presentation of the project and request by the Department of Education, has granted financial assistance for the execution of the project during the 2019-2020 academic year.

With this measure, Puerto Lumbreras continues to make progress in the inclusion of people with disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, since last year the signaling with pictograms of public buildings such as the City Council of Puerto Lumbreras, the Library Network , Cultural Center, Tourist Office, Municipal Nursery Network, public parks, Youth Space, Sports Center, Local Police, Nursing Homes, educational centers, Integral Center for People with Disabilities, as well as tourist attractions such as the Castle of Nogalte or the Cave Houses.

All this also through a grant from Fundación La Caixa for 4,000 euros.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras