About Us

ACCESS PROJECT;
ACCESS PROJECT is the acronym for Autism Community Care and Empowering Social Services Project. 

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Autism is a medical condition affecting children that disrupts in various degrees, the ability to mentally develop and carry out expected roles as members of a society. Autism tends to be associated with other conditions in some of the affected children and adults afflicted with this condition. Much of the narrated affected community members are within developed countries but this problem is also currently seen in Tanzania and is fast growing in terms of numbers of community members affected. Our experience as parents to children with autism in Tanzania has shown that together with the associated difficulties of taking care of an autistic child, the society that we live in do not understand autism or most of the related mental conditions such as epilepsy, mental retardation or psychosis. The community explanation is then be-witchment or possession by evil spirits.

MISSION;

“To provide mental health services to the members of the community affected by autism and other mental health conditions and minimize cultural barriers and isolation of the affected children/adults suffering from the conditions”

VISION;

“To have a society free from segregation of mentally affected children and adults that enable them to access all societal human rights and services as other community members”