Our students, who are members of Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine EMSA (European Medical Students’ Association) student club, visited Yıldırım Beyazıt Special Education Kindergarten in Istanbul Küçükçekmece on 07.12.2021.
In line with the goals of providing quality education and reducing inequality from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), it is very important for children with down syndrome and autism to be able to reveal their current potential starting from birth and to provide special support that will prepare them for life. Families and professionals dealing with these children should initiate and maintain this support as early as possible. Improved medical care and follow-up for raising healthy individuals, as well as educating families increase the acceptance of these children in social life. In the kindergarten that our club visited, they had a fun time playing various games, doing activities and singing children’s songs with children aged 4-7 with Down syndrome, autism and intellectual disabilities of various levels. In addition, the books, paint materials, etc. were donated by our students. After donating the gifts to the kindergarten, souvenir photos were taken at the end of the visit.
