Spanish Language Additions to MI-DDI Possibilities Video Series

February 19, 2020

(Left to right) Fiorella Guerrero, WarmaKuna Hope; Angela Martin, MI-DDI; Monica Honores Incio, director, Promotion and Social Development Department at the National Council for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities; Dr. Claudia Alejandra Rent

In 2017, the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute (MI-DDI) participated in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) International Inclusion Fellowship offered by the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). The fellowship featured both "inbound" and "outbound" visits, where professionals from the United States and Peru traveled to their colleague's respective countries. During her inbound visit, Fiorella Guerrero who works with WarmaKuna Hope in Lima spent five weeks collaborating with MI-DDI staff and other disability professionals from across Michigan.

Another outcome of this collaboration has been the translation of Abby's video from the MI-DDI Possibilities series into Spanish. In addition, three new videos, produced in the spirit of the original Possibilities videos, have been created and released by Warmakuna Hope. The videos, found at https://ddi.wayne.edu/posibilidades, feature the stories of four individuals with disabilities: Eugenio, Jonatan, and Lino and Katty.