Had a chance to visit a place yesterday in Targu Mures that used to be called Big Blue. Don't know what it's called now. Awhile ago, this place housed (warehoused?) as many as 400 handicapped kids. Since these large places are being closed down, this is now a school for the handicapped. I enjoyed seeing their classrooms and learning about some of the activities they have for the kids. It's a VERY nice school and is nothing like the jail it used to be. I understand they used to just turn the kids loose in the big courtyard and it was quite a wild place.
They now have very caring people working with these kids -- some of them have Downs syndrome, some of them have AIDS (SIDA in Romanian), some have physical disabilities. What an improvement from the bad old days! The kids come and play sports, have classes, and are given a nice lunch everyday. We went into the cafeteria area, and the cooks were preparing some kind of soup that smelled delicious!
Little by little -- step by step. You can't fix everything overnight, but I give them A+ for effort.
