Il Chicco: A Home for Fabio and Maria
A family home for handicapped children without family
Via Ancona, 1 - 00043 Ciampino
The Example of Vicenza
A vocational training center run by the Franciscan organization "Caritas" in Vicenza for people with mild to moderate mental handicaps and no severe motor disability
Opera Francescana "Caritas" - Via Raffaele Pasi, 25 - 36100 Vicenza
Cottolengo and Don Guanella: Prejudice and Reality
Two religious-run institutions welcoming adult women with mental handicaps. The buildings have been renovated and divided into small apartments
Cottolengo - Via Casal del Marmo, 401 - 00135 Roma
Don Guanella (women's section) - Casa della Provvidenza - Via della Nocetta, 23 - 00164 Roma
Beyond Science: Humanity and Common Sense
Il Salviatino - Via Lungo l'Africo, 240 - 50137 Firenze
Casa Jada
A family home run by OAMI (Assistenza Malati Impediti) primarily for adults with physical handicaps
Via Pomeria, 105 - 50017 Prato
Before It's Too Late
Rehabilitation clinic offering early screening for newborns and children with cerebral palsy
Ambulatorio - Viale Berchet, 1 - 00152 Roma
I Chose My Brother
A sister's initiative to create a workshop and family home for her handicapped brother in partnership with ANFFAS
Closed
Growing Together
A leisure-time program at a parish church
Parrocchia di Cristo Re - Viale Mazzini, 32 - 00195 Roma
(program ended in 2018)
The Sunflower: Community and Cooperative
A residential community and work cooperative for people with handicaps. Parish, municipality, and volunteers work together
35030 Tencarola and Salvezzano - Padova
Gino's House
An agricultural settlement where about fifty adults with mental handicaps live and work together. Run by the Guanellian community
22100 Lora - Rione di Como
Cascina Nibai Cooperative: Fraternity — A Father's Vision
An agricultural community of families with their children and people with handicaps
20063 Cernusco su Naviglio (MI)
Villa Olmo: Seven Young Women and a Sister Living Together
A family-style home run by a Don Guanella sister. Young adults live with her in a small house as they prepare for reintegration
Via Appia Antica, 203 - 00178 Roma
Villa Pizzone: The Gate Open
A residential community of about sixty people. Six family units, a group of Jesuit fathers, and two elderly residents. Each household has its own apartment and access to shared spaces. Welcome for people with disabilities or in difficulty
Villa Pizzone - Piazza Villa Pizzone, 3 - 20156 Milano
Here, Integration Is Not Just a Word
Istituto "Medaglia Miracolosa" Viciomaggio
An approved kindergarten and primary school serving 203 children with serious difficulties. Classes have no more than 10 students. Full-time program. Vocational training center for adolescents with difficulties. Rehabilitation services. Overnight care for children with problems and far from family
52040 Viciomaggio (Arezzo)
He Sees, Hears, and Speaks Through His Hands
A medical-psychological-educational institute for approximately 25 children with multiple disabilities (deaf, blind, and with behavioral problems). Founded by the Lega del Filo d'Oro
— La Nostra Casa - 60027 Osimo (AN)
Casa Sacra Famiglia
A medical-psychological-educational institute for young women with mental disabilities aged 14 and over. Managed by Don Guanella sisters. Also a rest home for elderly women with mental disabilities and non-disabled elderly women who need care
— Casa Sacra Famiglia - 45025 Fratta Polesine (RO)
Watching Them Improve
A cooperative providing intervention services and a consultation, therapy, and rehabilitation center for children with brain lesions, genetic damage, and mental delays. Uses the Delacato Method
— Via Felisatti, 62F - 30175 Mestre
This Family Home Is an Answer: When Parents Roll Up Their Sleeves
— A family home centered on a couple with two mentally handicapped daughters. Welcomes ten adults with handicaps, educators, and conscientious objectors. Workshops within the home. Collaboration with the association "La Nostra Famiglia"
— Via Repubblica - 24060 Endine Gaiano (BG)
Growing Through Work
— A supported employment center run by the association "Nostra Famiglia," exemplary for its scientific approach and human quality. Serves young adults with mental handicaps
— 33078 San Vito a Tagliamento (Pordenone)
Hunger for Normalcy
— A welcome home for 110 difficult adolescents who need, first and foremost, a normal family. A group of families and a priest
Il Chicco: An Arche Family Home
— Welcomes four children with serious motor and psychological disabilities and no family. The new home "L'Ulivo," opened in 1989, welcomes six young people (male and female) with mental handicaps
— Via Ancona, 1 - 00043 Ciampino
Primavalle Therapeutic Community
— 15 patients with mental illness, 12 staff members working in three shifts
— Via Sant'Igino Papa, 281 - 00168 Roma
Villa S. Giovanni di Dio
— A psychiatric institute. 346 residents, 5 religious brothers, 180 staff members. Serves adult men with mental illness and mental handicaps, and many elderly men
— Via Fatebenefratelli, 2 - 00045 Genzano (Roma)
Working Together: An Afternoon Called Workshop
— A leisure-time workshop for twelve people, including those with handicaps and friends
— Fede e Luce initiative at Parrocchia SS Protomartiri - Via Innocenzo XI - 00165 Roma
Embroidery Class: Learning Together
— Saturday morning craft work bringing together people with handicaps and friends
— Fede e Luce initiative at Lia Antonioli - via Chopin, 13 - 20141 Milano
With Open Arms
— A group of young people takes handicapped children from hospitals or institutions (or visits them at home) for weekend outings together
— in France
Casa del Sole — House of Serenity
— A special school offering educational and rehabilitation services for children with cerebral palsy aged 3 to 13. Vocational program for ages 13 to 16. Numerous activities. High pedagogical standards. A small section for the most severely disabled
— 46010 San Silvestro di Curtatone (Mantova)
Perceval: A Place to Live and Learn to Live
— A community of families with their children and some children with handicaps in each household. Steiner pedagogy school and activities. Numerous agricultural, craft, and cultural programs
— in Switzerland
Cooperativa Spazio Aperto
— A work cooperative with agricultural operations, workshops, and support services for disabled students in schools. Created in collaboration with ANFFAS
— operational base: Viale delle Rimembranze di Lambrate, 7 - 20134 Lambrate Milano
Le Case della Carità
— An extraordinary response to the needs of disabled and rejected people, and to the crisis facing parish communities. 32 homes at the heart of parish communities
— Congregazione delle Case della Carità - via S. Girolamo 24 - 42100 Reggio Emilia
— The editors, 1990