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Switzerland's first Snoezelen bus is a success
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Volunteers spent a day converting an old van into a mobile Snoezelen station for children with autism.
Everyone involved put their heart and soul into this project, and did so with plenty of love, kindness and good spirits. Thanks to the hard work of the entire team, what was once an old yellow bus is now a special place full of lights, sounds, scents and shapes. It is designed to help children and young people with autism to relax, dream and experience all of their senses.
“We are so happy that we can now start using the bus,” says General Manager Sandra Kalbassi with a smile. “We are expanding our school over the summer and so we plan on providing a Snoezelen room for all the children we admit,” she explains.
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The "Stiftung Kind und Autismus" [Child and Autism Foundation] runs a day school and residential housing for a current 40 children and adolescents with autism. The Foundation also runs a counseling center and offers parents and professionals a series of courses called step-by in its academy on autism.