What the group of young people staying here
need more than anything else is to live as normal a life as possible.
We're here in the Pit, that's a home in the centre of Tervuren.
Eight young people live here with a visual impairment
as well as a learning disability.
What's innovative is that we want to provide people with effective,
tailor-made care and guidance.
Not only in terms of content, but also in terms of location and infrastructure,
and that was not feasible on campus.
Our location was very nicely situated, but also very remote.
So we thought, look, if that's not viable for them,
then we'll just build a home in the right location.
If we talk about maximum independence, we are talking about all domains.
So we want them to look after their own room.
They need to learn how to cook, learn how to use public transport.
But what's also very important, in all this, are social contacts.
Because very often a certain path is plotted
for children with multiple disabilities that, as a professional,
you find interesting and think could provide real benefits.
It's also very important for them to learn to make choices.
What do I want to do? Do I want to go get a job? Where do I want to live?
And I think it's a very important task for us to work on that.
I don't think society is ready for maximum inclusion yet.
For that to happen, there must be no difference
between people with and without disabilities.
But I think we have a good example here of what's
possible at best.
That youngster is with that club and that girl is doing Zumba,
and then it's no longer the Ganspoel children.
They are just their own selves.
So that way, I think it's maximum integration
that has succeeded here.
Just look at all the things they can do.