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About AVTRYCK

AVTRYCK is a project that started in April 2022, financed by Allmänna Arvsfonden.

The aim of the project is that people with intellectual and/or neuropsychiatric disabilities lead creative workshops for professionals. It can for example be medical staff, police officers, supervisors or housing supporters.

We offer space for connection where people with disabilities are in a leadership role. We want to leave an imprint (avtryck) and make a difference.

Why do we exist?

Among many occupational groups, there is a lack of equal encounters with people with disabilities. Police officers, medical staff and firefighters need to make quick decisions in emergency situations. Having positive experiences with people with, for example, Down Syndrome and autism, can help in demanding situations.

For professionals who meet the target group on a regular basis there is also often a need for increased knowledge and reflection on attitudes.

In the Avtryck project cultural workers with disabilities lead workshops in dance, visual arts and drama, along with discussion on attitudes. We find it important to continue to strengthen the voices of these cultural workers and to give more people the opportunity to become workshop leaders.

Artistic expression provides wider opportunities for communication, especially when looking for alternatives to verbal communication. Thus, through strengthening artistic expression we enable greater participation and influence in society.