Jeonju City Holds "Showing Off My Work and Skills" Exhibition for Disabled Residents

1st Floor Lobby, Peace Health Living Support Center, on the 28th

Jeonju City Public Health Center will hold an exhibition titled "Showing Off My Work and Skills" with local disabled people and residents on the 1st floor lobby of the Peace Health Living Support Center on the 28th.

Jeonju City Public Health Center will hold an exhibition titled "Showing Off My Work and Skills by Persons with Disabilities" on the 28th in the lobby on the first floor of the Peace Health Life Support Center, where persons with disabilities and local residents come together. Provided by Jeonju City

According to the public health center, this exhibition serves as an opportunity for disabled individuals who participated in the rehabilitation exercise and social participation programs at the Peace Health Living Support Center to share the works they created with local residents. The event aims to help participants regain confidence and expand opportunities for communication within the community.

In the Pyeonghwa-dong area, a total of 4,423 disabled people reside, with those with physical and brain lesions accounting for more than half (51.6%), highlighting the need for continuous and systematic management.

The center has been steadily promoting functional recovery support projects centered on the operation of the rehabilitation exercise room. Through one-on-one customized rehabilitation exercises and home-visit rehabilitation services, the center helps improve the physical abilities of disabled individuals and supports their return to daily life.

In addition, the center operates various programs to expand social participation for disabled people, promote emotional stability, alleviate feelings of depression, and enhance social communication. These programs include horticultural therapy classes, pottery craft classes, and occupational therapy classes.

The exhibition featured a variety of works, such as terrariums and mini flowerpots from the horticultural therapy class, handicrafts and daily living items from the occupational therapy class, and everyday ceramics from the pottery craft class, drawing significant attention.

In relation to this, the center also runs an oral health support project for special schools to provide comprehensive health management for disabled individuals.

Specifically, the center provides basic dental treatment and preventive care, such as cavity treatment and tooth extraction, through oral health rooms within special schools, thereby strengthening the health rights of disabled students who have limited access to dental services.

Jeonju City Public Health Center was the first in the country to establish a community resource linkage model. It has also collaborated with "Happy Companion Volunteer Group," a volunteer organization of the Jeonju Dental Association, to provide free high-cost prosthetic dental treatments, such as crowns and implants, to economically vulnerable disabled students.

In practical terms, the center has achieved tangible results by working with Chonbuk National University Pediatric Dental Hospital to provide free orthodontic treatment to two students at special schools.

Kim Shinsun, Director of Jeonju City Public Health Center, stated, "Through an integrated health support system encompassing rehabilitation, social participation, and oral health, we are working to improve the quality of life for disabled individuals and expand their opportunities for participation in the community. We will continue to promote a variety of support programs so that disabled people can grow more confidently within the community."

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