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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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