Strategic Target 3.1. Activating and Generalizing Services Intended for Disadvantaged Groups Strategic Target 3.5. Reinforcing Cooperation with Stakeholders, Volunteers in terms of Social Support
Many activities are conducted in total 24 centers, 4 Coordination Centers for the Disabled and 1 summer camp including Tophane Istanbul Center for People with Disabilities where administrative services are also carried out in order to hearing-speech impairments, orthopedic impairments and mental disorders and psychological-emotional disturbances or ongoing condition that prove 40% or more loss in body functions with a medical board report obtained from a fully equipped hospital. 121.551 persons are registered to our centers as of 2013.
Medical and Social Rehabilitation
Services aimed at increasing the level of functionality, independency and the ability of carrying out daily activities of the people with disabilities as well as ensuring their adaptation of social life are included. The rehabilitation is carried out under the supervision of specialized staff in environments appropriate to the competence and development characteristics of the person with disabilities.
Information, Guidance and Consultancy
It is targeted that the people with disabilities become individuals who are independent, equipped, productive, standing on their own legs and able to establish healthy relationships with the society through the training programs
Rehabilitation with Sports Towards the Disabled These services are carried out with the aim of contributing to the physiological and psychological developments of children with disabilities by making them feel that they can succeed.
Hydrotherapy: Physical and mental developments of the people with orthopedic impairments or mental disorders are supported through exercising in water. The rehabilitation methodology, known as Watsu in Europe and USA which is implemented so as to cure psychological and physiological disturbances of the person with disability was put into service in Turkey by İSEM for the very first time.
Rehabilitation with Sports Towards the Disabled (Hydrotherapy) , 2013
Hippotheraphy (Therapy with Horses): Individual development of the children is contributed by therapy with horses method known as “Hippotheraphy”. Multi- dimensional movements of horse are used as a supportive therapy method for emotional, mental and physical developments of the children with disabilities.
Rehabilitation with Sports towards the Disabled (Hippotherapy) , 2013
Summer Camp
In the Çiroz Summer Camp for People with Disabilities, camps involving trainings as well as social and cultural activities are organized for people with disabilities and their families for periods of 6 days between May and September every year.
handcrafts, home economics to horticulture. Trainings are organized under three titles.
Training for Mixed Disability Groups Unit: This unit gives support training to all the people with disabilities who cannot receive basic education due to their disabilities and organizes certified occupational trainings approved by Ministry of National Education in accordance with their disability statuses and skills.
Summer Camp for the Disabled, 2013
Social Organizations and Training Services Towards the Disabled
ISEM ensures that people with disabilities participate in social life through the social events organized. To this end, people with disabilities participate in artistic events such as theaters, movies, concerts and are guided for visiting historical and touristic places.
ESHA Project (Adaptation of People with Disabilities to Social Life or Adaptation of Community to People with Disabilities)
It is targeted that the consciousness of disability is raised among elementary and secondary school students and people with disabilities are understood better by the young generations.
Little Steps Early Training Project
It is an early training program prepared for the families of children with developmental retardation between the ages of 0-6. The project carried out in collaboration with the universities covers the skills achieved during the normal development process between the ages of 0-4 and ensures child development by training the families.
Speech Therapy
Rehabilitation activities are conducted for children with speech difficulties and developmental disturbances in mouth and tongue muscles.
Units for Developing Skills of People with Mental Disorders:
Self-care skills, social skills, occupational training and art trainings are given to people with disabilities between the ages of 17-35 with mild to moderate mental disorders in trainable-teachable category. With this opportunity that is a great chance for the people with mental disabilities and their families,
Training Service for the Disabled, 2013
Summer School Trainings: Cultural activities supporting the social rehabilitations of children and youngsters between the ages of 8-13 who could not receive sufficient educational support owing to various reasons although they continue formal education are conducted so that they can be active participants in formal educational institutions.
Turkish Sign Language Trainings: Turkish Sign Language courses are given to everyone who is willing to establish a healthy communication with people with audio impairments in Turkish Sign Language Studio in weekdays and weekends free of charge. The trainings target to teach the sign language in the shortest time possible.
Turkish Sign Language Training, 2013
Employment Services for the Disabled
The individuals are contributed with overcoming the obstacles by preparing them for business life and helping them about finding jobs. Background information of the disabled that want
to take part in the working life is obtained by the sociologists working at ISEM Social Services and this information sent to ISEM Career Development and Employment Support Unit.
Through carrying out the required consultancy and training services for the participation of persons with disabilities in the career life, ISEM Career Development and Employment Support Unit researches the job opportunities in compliance with the physical and psychosocial characteristics of the persons with disabilities, and employers are contacted if suitable jobs are found. Consultancy and training services required for participation of the disabled that can work in coordination at ISEM Social Services are rendered.
Psycho-social Services, 2013
Call Center
Anyone who calls 153 serving as call center of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality can access services regarding people with disabilities by dialing 3 and easily benefit from all of the services provided.
Employment Unit, 2013
Medical Aids
People with disabilities in need with no social security are given medical equipment such as white canes, motorized wheelchairs, hearing aids, orthosis/prostheses, adult diapers.
Call Center, 2013
Medical Aid Support, 2013
Free Transportation Service for People with Disabilities and Lonely Elderly People
Elderly people and people with disabilities who are not able to use public transportation are provided with transportation to hospitals, banks, courses, schools, malls, funerals and social events, Student Selection Examination (OSS), High Schools Student Selection and Placement Examination (OKS) and open education examinations. To this end, service was rendered with 70 vehicles in 2013.
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Psychosocial Service
Increasing the participation of the persons with disabilities and their families in social life, ensuring that these people acquire the skill of coping with individual and environmental problems are targeted. Activities aimed at supporting the pedagogical, occupational, emotional and social developments of the individuals with disabilities are conducted by offering support
in terms of resolving the psychological problems experienced. Free Transportation Service for People with Disabilities, 2013
CROSSWALK WORKING TABLE FOR THE DISABLED ON DISTRICT BASIS
The geometric arrangements, implementation of horizontal and vertical traffic signs and pedestrian button with functional voice signals integrated to signalization system are conducted in order to ensure maximum level pedestrian accessibility in signalized junctions and crosswalks.
In addition to ensuring participation of individuals with limited mobility such as people with disabilities and elderly people into social life in equal opportunities, pedestrian mobility under maximum level safety in the traffic to which all of the pedestrians can integrate was aimed by focusing on people with visual impairments as target audience.
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Horizontal and Vertical Traffic Sign Activities for the Disabled, 2013
Accessible Pedestrian Signals (EYS), 2013
Thus, APS conversion of a total of 160 signalized junctions was completed city-wide.
Horizontal and Vertical Traffic Sign Activities
In scope of the horizontal and vertical traffic sign activities conducted city-wide so as to ensure maximum level safety pedestrian areas and eliminate the obstacles against the persons with disabilities in social life, activities such as Parking Sign for the Disabled, Edge-Folded Standard Traffic Sign, Flexible Traffic Island Sign, T and S Console Devices and Crosswalk Line for People with Disabilities were carried out. The activities conducted Istanbul-wide in this scope are given in the table below.
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Resource. Department of Transportation, 2013 Resource. Department of Transportation, 2013
169 VERTICAL TRAFFIC SIGN ACTIVITIES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Work Title Amount 2011 2012 2013
Traffic Training Activit ies
In order to provide the students with disabilities with equality also in educational area and facilitate their participation in social life, 76,204 students were given traffic training in Topkapi Training Park in 2013.
Accommodation of Public Transportation Vehicles (Minibus, Taxi, Shared Taxi) for the Use of Persons with Disabilities
it to all of the relevant chambers of shopkeepers and transportation authorities to accommodate their vehicles for the use of persons with disabilities
A Minibus Made Suitable for the Use of the Disabled, 2013
In scope of the activities for accommodating minibuses, taxis and shared taxis for the accessibility of persons with disabilities, meetings with vehicle manufacturing companies were held, written notices were communicated
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SERVICES TOWARDS THE DISABLED
Ölçü 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Registered People with Disabilities*
Person 81.959 91.191 100.831 112.337 121.551
Medical Rehabilitation
Session 6.761 6.138 8.233 11.055 7.383
Rehabilitation with Sports
Session 79.739 102.696 217.509 212.270 78.232
Social Events
Item 431 418 865 778 642
Number of Attendees to Social Events
Person 19.517 13.336 25.565 30.893 31.361
Number of Attendees to Summer Camp
Person 5.260 5.058 4.976 5.227 4.878
Number of Persons Employed
Person 198 239 213 255 193
Legal Rights Consultation
Person 17.110 17.660 18.223 20.616 21.250
Information Guidance - Consultancy
Person 177.756 181.784 276.373 309.932 267.891
Summer Camp Trainings
Person 255 285 222 230 0**
Number of Students Trained in scope of ESHA
Project Person 9.620 19.163 36.981 37.510 34.373
Transportation Service for Persons with
Disabilities Person 77.780 53.095 104.457 110.309 104.853
Resource. Department of Health and Social Affairs, 2013
*The number is cumulative.
**Due to lack of administrative planning, “Summer School” service could not be rendered in 2013.
within the duration stated in the relevant law, and meetings ensuring that representatives of chambers of shopkeepers come together with manufacturing companies were organized. The deliveries of vehicles appropriate for the use of the persons with disabilities were commenced by manufacturing companies for minibuses of a few lines and these vehicles are active at lines such as Büyükçekmece-Kavaklı-Beylikdüzü, Kadıköy-Pendik, Sarıyer-Beşiktaş, Şişli Şişhane.