The main objective is to provide the necessary support for the decision-making to people with intellectual disabilities that we attend and defend their rights in order to ensure their wellfare, accompany them in their integral development, and their social inclusion.
The programme of Future Planning program is addressed to those families who have decided and formalized in their will that, in the future, Som – Fundació will be the guardian of their relative, with the legal capacity modified.
The program promotes mutual knowledge between the relatives or legal guardians of the person with a intellectual disability and the entity, as well as offering them security and confidence in the future.
The entity inform and orientate persons who have a relative with intellectual disability, or professionals of entities, about the process of judicial modification of capacity.
FUTURE PROVISION IS PROTECTIONPredicting the future of people with intellectual disabilities is an urgent need in view of the increase in life expectancy.
Modifying legal capacity is a legal declaration of disability is the process by which a judge determines that a person does not have the capacity to govern himself. Therefore, it means protecting the rights, defending and give supports to people who needs personar and/or patrimonial support to develop their personal project.
Representing the person who has been declared disabled at court is to guarantee his protection, manage and protect his property and to make sure that he has quality of life.
Creating a relationship between the person, their family and the institution before accepting the guardianship, promoting mutual knowledge and offering security and confidence to the person we will support in the future.
Today is the World LGBT Pride Day. A day of vindication of rights for all LGTB people with intellectual disabilities so that they can express and live their sexuality freely. And on the occasion of this world day, Toni García, whom we support, has been the protagonist of the podcast “It’s time to speak up”, […]
2020 has been an atypical year for everyone. And for the people who are part of Som – Fundació as well. However, it has also allowed us to discover that neither a global pandemic is capable of slowing down our activity nor our determination to continue giving the best of ourselves to the persons we […]
It has already arrived! The video recorded by the students of IFE of the Escola Vida Montserrat (Acidh) about the experience of volunteering at Som — Fundació has just come out of the oven, but we are pleased to present it to you to enjoy it all together. You will discover, in this Youtube link, […]
Can you imagine being able to treat a phobia with virtual reality? Or learn to cope well in a compromising situation thanks to a program that simulates it? The future of new audiovisual formats is here, it can be put at the service of people and one of its main exponents is in Catalonia. We […]
Last Thursday, 10 persons users and volunteers were able to listen and share a relaxed concert by the Municipal Music Band, Apropa’t a l’Orient Express (Come closer to the Orient Express, in Catalan). A musical event that they enjoyed thanks to the collaboration of Apropa Cultura. The Orient Express was an iconic long-distance train line […]
Today, is an important and long awaited day for Som – Fundació. After many months, today the Congress of Deputies will finally ratify the reform of civil legislation that eliminates the figure of guardianship and extended parental authority of people with intellectual disabilities and replaces it with a model of support in the taking of […]
The Municipal Institute for People with Disabilities (IMPD) relies on people with disabilities and the entities that represent them to work for an accessible and inclusive Barcelona. This year, they have to choose the people who will be part of the new Governing Council of the Institute and they have decided to hold elections to […]
Jesús N. has been linked with volunteering for more than 30 years. He has collaborated with the Asociació de Familiars i Amics de Nens Oncològics de Catalunya (Afanoc) and, currently, as a volunteer at the Fundació Once, an entity that cooperates for some years. He recognizes that he has been very lucky in his life […]
Cristina A. has lived in residences and residential centers since she was 18 years old. She defines herself as an autonomous and self-sufficient person who needs some support to live just like other people who do not have a recognized disability. She considers that, until now, she has been very guarded by the rules […]
Angel M. is a person who has no family and finds it very difficult to ask other people for help in resolving those issues that concern or worry him. For a while, he lived alone and, as a result of various circumstances, the Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down sent him to our foundation to find […]
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