Accommodations

The centre consisted of two similar three-story buildings (one for males and one for females) connected by a corridor and a small garden. There were three classrooms, one music room and two recreational rooms. Each classroom had one large table with some chairs and materials such as colouring books and pens. None of the classrooms had any sensory tables or other tools suitable for teaching persons with visual impairments. No computers or any special education technology instruments were available. 

Each residential floor had a supervisors’ office, a nurses’ unit, bedrooms, common rooms, and shared bathrooms and showers that were not structurally well equipped for persons with disabilities. The supervisor explained that most residents used diapers and were not able to use the bathroom on their own. The floors had enough space to move around even with wheelchairs; those on wheelchairs used the elevators to move between floors. Rooms were organized by severity of disability, and rooms for individuals unable to move from their beds had at least eight beds per room.