AURA FUNDACIÓN

The "Aura Project" started in 1989 offering an innovative modality of work placement for people with intellectual disabilities. It was created to offer a different opportunity, a new formula to the path of "normalization" initiated by the integration at school stages and coinciding with the implementation of the new law 12/1982. L.I.S.M.Y which in its first article said: "The main purpose of the employment policy for disabled workers will be their integration into the ordinary employment system or, if this cannot be done, their incorporation into the productive system through the special formula of protected employment". AURA was a pioneer in Spain and in Europe in applying the "Supported Employment" Methodology which was originally developed in the United States at the end of the 1970s. It represented a qualitative leap in the recognition of the rights and in the improvement of the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities. By using this methodology, AURA opened up the..

Also known as: AURA

Primary location: Barcelona Spain