Alima's story
Growing up
Alima is at school; she has severe learning disabilities and people have problems understanding her. Alima took part in the Trans-active programme developed by the Rix Centre for Mencap, where she made a multimedia ‘passport’ to prepare for her transition from school to adulthood.
By building and shaping her multimedia ‘passport’, Alima learned about the choices available to her in adult life. Without it, important decisions about her future would have been made ‘on her behalf’ rather than by her.
Through this process, Alima gained key life-skills like road-safety and using money. This enabled her to make an independent visit to the local corner shop to buy a snack and a comic. This simple task represented a real break-through for Alima, “I would like to do that again one day”, she said at the end of the Project.
