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What the group of young people staying here  


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need more than anything else is 
to live as normal a life as possible.  


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We're here in the Pit, 
that's a home in the centre of Tervuren.  


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Eight young people live here with a visual impairment 


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as well as a learning disability. 


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What's innovative is that 
we want to provide people with effective, 


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tailor-made care and guidance.  


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Not only in terms of content, 
but also in terms of location and infrastructure, 


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and that was not feasible 
on campus. 


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Our location was very nicely situated, 
but also very remote.  


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So we thought, look,  
if that's not viable for them,  


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then we'll just 
build a home in the right location.


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If we talk about maximum independence, 
we are talking about all domains.  


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So we want them to 
look after their own room. 


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They need to learn how to cook, 
learn how to use public transport.


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But what's also very important, in all this, 
are social contacts.


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Because very often a 
certain path is plotted 


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for children with multiple disabilities 
that, as a professional,   


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you find interesting 
and think could provide real benefits. 


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It's also very important for them 
to learn to make choices.


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What do I want to do? Do I want to go get a job?
Where do I want to live?


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And I think it's a very important task 
for us to work on that.


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I don't think society is ready 
for maximum inclusion yet.  


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For that to happen, 
there must be no difference 


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between people with 
and without disabilities.


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But I think we have a good 
example here of what's 

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possible at best.  


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That youngster is with that club
and that girl is doing Zumba, 


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and then it's no longer 
the Ganspoel children. 


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They are just their own selves.  


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So that way, 
I think it's maximum integration  


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that has succeeded here.


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Just look at all the things they can do.  


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