Bank account number: 12011265-01924427-00100004
Iban: HU43-12011265-01924427-00100004
Swift code (BIC): UBRTHUHB
Message: Donation
We help create a protected, loving home where they can live more independent lives and become valued members of society.
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Four families, four kids. What we have in common: the children we raise have moderate intellectual disability and autism. Our shared dream is to create a world for our children where they can live independently to the best of their abilities in a safe environment, while still constantly receiving support. From this dream, the Our World Foundation (Világom Alapítvány) was born, which aims to provide help to young people with intellectual disabilities and autism through setting up and maintaining a supported living service.
We met in 2015, that was the year when our children started first grade in a special school for children with moderate intellectual disabilities and autism in Budapest. Nearly ten years have passed since then. In this time we have gone through a lot by ourselves and as a community too: we met special needs education teachers, volunteer helpers, parents who were in the same boat as us. But the most important thing was experiencing day-by-day the many challenges and duties that come with living with autism – similar to our children, who experience these things first-hand, while we only watch them from the outside. Ten years have passed, and suddenly our children are teenagers. We all arrived to the same question: what was going to happen after their compulsory education was over and they couldn’t go to school anymore? In our conversations it became clear that we all think similarly of our kids’ futures. We want them to stay close to the family, while still living independently in their own community, an environment that we could also picture ourselves or any other family member in. And if we could do that as a community, with the peers we know well, that would mean immeasurable support for them in overcoming the hurdles of adapting to a new environment and lifestyle.
The hardest part of parenthood is the realization that the time will come when we have to let go of our child’s hand. For those of us who raise autistic children, it’s no different. Knowing that they are going to depend on us for the rest of their lives makes the situation even more difficult. And when we aren’t around anymore, they are going to need someone, whom we can entrust with our most valuable treasure. People with intellectual disabilities and autism need a protective environment and constant assistance to be able to lead a relatively independent life – this is what we want to give them by creating a supported living service, where they can live a peaceful, safe life, and their medical needs are met. We all want our children to be able to live their own adult lives in their own community, while not having to cut ties with their families. Above all, we are committed to provide opportunities for them that help them adapt to society, live the most independent adult life possible, prevail, and receive social approval.
Support our work by making a donation, and as a regular donor you can do a lot to make our work sustainable so that we can help even more young people living with autism.
Bank account number: 12011265-01924427-00100004
Iban: HU43-12011265-01924427-00100004
Swift code (BIC): UBRTHUHB
Message: Donation