The Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with the UNHCR held an awareness session at Aqrab Center on the concept of disability (children with disabilities - people with disabilities - talking about the causes of mental disability - correcting some misconceptions about dealing with children with disabilities).
More than one woman participated in the experience of disability of her child, and some did not know the case of their child and why they behave in this way. When mentioning the symptoms,they knew by about the actions of their children and how to deal with them, in addition to the need to introduce the child to a doctor to know what is useful for their children.
The ladies thanked us for this the subject that drew the attention about such thing.

As part of the home rehabilitation program, the Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with the UNHCR, held an activityto integratea group of children with disabilities with a group of normal children, after preparing the normal children to meet up with the disabled ones and introducing them to disability.
the activity interspersed competitions (colors - paste - balls) and after the division of teams and set the rules of the session, the children helped each other to win.
During the activity, we observed the acceptance of ordinary children to their peers with need, assistance and active participation among themselves and cooperation to win.

Riding train for the first time, the participants of the trip were deeply moved. They felt relieved and energetic, breaking out from their daily routine and unwinding stress. Seeing joy on their children’s faces, the mothers were extremely happy as if they were reborn. “I feel like flying. It is the first time my kid smiles like that,” a mother of a special needs kid enrolled in the program “HBRP for Children with Disabilities” said.
To farther promote the ties of friendship between the parents of the special needs children and the community center staff, SSSD in cooperation with UNHCR organized a train trip from Aleppo to Jebrin, Hama.  Two hundred forty- five persons participated in the trip: special needs children, their parents and siblings, as well as SSSD facilitators. The kids enjoyed face painting. The mothers and their kids were both involved in enthusiastic singing and dancing.
The women collectively expressed that it was the first time their kids accompany them feeling happy and not shouting. Being in an unfamiliar, closed space, one mother was afraid that her kid might be nervous, shout and cry until she would take him back home. On the contrary he was smiling and fascinated by the landscapes out of the window, and was clapping enjoying the group songs.
One of the mothers expressed her gratitude, “It is the first time I go out with my six kids, my husband is always busy. Thank you very much for putting up with the burden of the children and I wish the trip was not over.” Another mother said, “My kid did not quit talking about the trip from the moment he stepped into home up to the moment he felt asleep. The very next day he told me that he dreamt of the train trip.”