About fifty people came together to take part in this activity, including people with sensory, visual, hearing or motor impairments.
On this occasion, the participants set out to form four blocks of snow. According to Marc Boulianne, a specialist in orientation and mobility at the Center for Integrated Health and Social Services at the University of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (CIUSSS), this activity has a positive impact on them and fills them with pride.
This is the ninth time such an activity has been organized. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the positive effects of the activity are already being felt.
It’s amazing what an activity like this can bring to people meeting in a context other than the rehabilitation center. Having fun will keep them working on their skills, then it gives them a sense of pride in having achieved something at the end of the day and incorporating an accessible activity
said Mr. Boulianne.
Next February 8, users will be offered five more snow blocks, one for people in the intensive care unit and four smaller blocks for the youngest.
With information from Rosalie Dumais-Beaulieu
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