Blurred Borders - International Community Foundation
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EDUCATION (continued)<br />
AGENCY ADDRESS SERVICES<br />
Asociación<br />
Calle Ramón López Velarde<br />
#5608-C Col. Montebello<br />
The Asociación Tijuana en Apoyo al Sordo<br />
(APSOR – Tijuana Association in Support of<br />
Tijuana en C.P. 22480<br />
the Deaf) was founded by Graciela Rascón,<br />
Apoyo al Sordo,<br />
A.C. (APSOR)<br />
Phone 664-681-3248<br />
Fax 664-681-3248<br />
Director Of Operations:<br />
who is deaf herself and saw that a need<br />
existed to support other persons like her.<br />
Together with a group of volunteers, she<br />
Graciela Rascón<br />
established the association in order to help<br />
apsor@telnor.net<br />
in the study and creation of options that<br />
would benefit the deaf community. APSOR<br />
provides education to deaf persons through<br />
bilingual programs, first by teaching Mexican<br />
Sign Language (LSM), and then Spanish,<br />
reading, writing and mathematics. It also<br />
offers training for parents and interpreters.<br />
Asociación Pro-<br />
Bahía de Las Palmas 3494<br />
Fraccionamiento Lomas del<br />
The Asociación Pro-Autismo (Pro-Autism<br />
Association) was founded by parents of<br />
Autismo, A.C. Mirador C.P. 22239 children with autism, prompted by the lack<br />
Phone 664-680-7597, 664- of this kind of service in Tijuana. The<br />
630-1791<br />
association's objective is to build, administer<br />
Fax 661-613-0068<br />
and maintain an Interdisciplinary Center to<br />
Director Of Operations: educate autistic children and adolescent age<br />
Lilia María Vallejo Ruíz<br />
proautismo@mexico.com<br />
youth.<br />
Instituto<br />
Calle Mar Hudson 5204,<br />
Col. Alemán C.P. 22104<br />
Instituto Panamericano is a fully accredited<br />
private Technical Secondary School offering<br />
Panamericano, Phone 664-680-5950 an education to promising students in<br />
A.C.<br />
Fax 664-680-5950<br />
Director Of Operations:<br />
Tijuana. Students come from low-income<br />
families unable to afford the costs associated<br />
Silvia Ana Soto<br />
with attending a public school (fees,<br />
panamericaninstitute@hotm uniforms, transportation). The institute<br />
ail.com<br />
teaches teenage students the necessary skills<br />
to obtain and hold a job, as well as to<br />
contribute to the quality of life in their<br />
community. The program began in the<br />
sixties with a group of volunteers helping<br />
promising young Mexican teenagers attend<br />
U.S. High Schools and live with American<br />
families.<br />
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