AŞIK VEYSEL ACCESSIBLE BARRIER-FREE LIFE CENTER EMBRACING PEOPLE

Aşık Veysel Barrier-Free Life Center, which was opened by Çankaya Municipality in 2021, provides free service to disabled individuals with occupational therapy, drama, music, dance, sports, barrier-free playhouse, parent workshop and sensory integration units.

The Center also includes a home environment created for disabled individuals to gain independent living skills. Disabled individuals learn to make foods such as cookies and meatballs in the kitchen where they develop their hand skills.

Çankaya Municipality Aşık Veysel Barrier-Free Life Center continues to serve both people with disabilities and their families. The Center, which was opened in October 2021 and has offered free education to more than 22 thousand students and families in its workshops and courses since its opening, also has a psycho-social support unit and a unit that provides legal support for the rights of the disabled.

ALL TRAININGS FREE

In the Center, which provides special education and occupational therapy support for the 0-12 age group, support is provided in workshops such as art, sports, dance, cooking, candle soap, painting, music, computer, drama and chess. Aşık Veysel Barrier-Free Life Center, where different disability groups can receive services, also provides convenience for the access of individuals with orthopedic disabilities. All services in the center are provided free of charge.

THERE IS AN ACCESSIBLE GAME HOUSE

The Center, which contributes to the personal development of individuals with disabilities by socializing, also allows the athletes of Çankaya Municipality Visually Impaired Sports Club to do their training. There is also a barrier-free playhouse in the center where preschool education is given to children aged 4-6. In the center, which includes courses for parents, audio library, cafeteria, conference and multi-purpose hall, and a health unit, there is a Sensory Integration Room for individuals with mental disabilities and a home model Independent Living Skills Unit to support daily work.

THE CENTER OVER THE BARRIERS

Underlining that the center has filled an important gap in the capital Ankara since its opening, Çankaya Mayor Alper Taşdelen said, “We built this important center so that our disabled brothers and sisters can participate in an unhindered life. Here, we offer education opportunities to our disabled citizens as well as their families. It is a great pleasure for us to enable both disabled people and their families to participate in life under better conditions. Municipalities have an important duty to overcome the obstacles in the life of each disabled brother together. We happily fulfill this duty and responsibility at our Aşık Veysel Barrier-Free Life Center, where we provide all services free of charge.”

Aşık Veysel Barrier Free Life Center

Aşık Veysel Barrier Free Life Center