Containment: families confronted with the support of their disabled relatives

Confinement and health regulations oblige, more than 110,000 disabled children and adolescents have returned to their homes in the past two weeks. Full time for families. Among these young people, 51,000 went to school, accompanied by school life assistants (AVS), which are currently lacking. Some 65,000 were accommodated in medico-educational institutes (IME), these structures dedicated to minors with intellectual disabilities, linked to motor, sensory and communication disorders. EMIs who, despite the situation, remain active, by maintaining telephone contact, or by sending their health professionals to families, for the most serious disabilities.

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But nothing can replace the essential routine that these young people need. "The first two days were fine. Antoine thought it was vacation. Then he cried a lot. All his habits are turned upside down. He sleeps a lot. Maybe because he's depressed, ” says Florence.

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