Centro de Reabilitação Nossa Senhora dos Anjos

Rehabilitation of adults, young people and children with acquired blindness or low vision, with autonomy and social inclusion as its aim.

Visually impaired man holding a goalball

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With over 50 years of history, the centre supports people from across Portugal and the Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP).

Rehabilitation programme

16+

Aims to teach the skills needed to regain lost autonomy and resume an active role in society.

Areas of intervention

  • Communication
    • Communication
    • Braille
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
    • ADL kitchen
    • ADL clothing
    • ADL social skills
    • ADL personal skills
  • Motor activity
    • Orientation and mobility
    • Motor activity
    • Fine motor skills
  • Social support
  • Psychological support

Early Intervention Unit

from 0 to 6 years old

Aims to minimise the impact of blindness or low vision on the child's overall development, providing the compensation tools needed to develop age-appropriate skills.

Areas of intervention

  • Motor skills
  • Personal-social
  • Parenting skills
  • Cognition
  • Spatial relations / OM
  • Communication

Post-rehabilitation programme

16+

An at-a-distance extension of the Rehabilitation Programme. It is aimed at service users who complete in-person rehabilitation and who, for up to three months, wish to receive online or telephone support to consolidate their learning and optimise its application in their natural environment.

Areas of intervention

  • Orientation and mobility
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
  • Braille
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Psychology

Summer programme

16+

A programme that supports the empowerment and overall growth of young adults with visual impairment in Activities of Daily Living, Socialising, and Orientation and Mobility.

  • It seeks to foster the development of personal and social skills and to support autonomy through playful and educational activities.
  • It is aimed at young adults attending the reference schools for the inclusion of blind and low-vision pupils.
  • It takes place in July.

Contacts

Travessa do Recolhimento Lázaro Leitão, 19
1100-431 Lisbon

+351 218 105 080 *

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