Everything began back in May 2008 during a stay specialized for young autists organised by the association Le Silence des Justes. A wood workshop is going to open such amazing prospects. Indeed, the seed was planted. That is why twelve years later plus a new cooperation with the Ecole du Breuil, our Artbooster workshop is bearing its first fruits.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s flashback to spring 2008. From the 1st to the 20th May young autists were on vacations in the mountains, and was for them the opportunity to do a one-week training course. The goal was to restore a ping-pong table.<\/p>\n
Our budding carpenters called David, Samuel, J\u00e9r\u00e9my and Malkiel worked on this table for a week, under the guidance of a project director and their educators. They were going to unveil huge resources and capacity of concentration. St\u00e9phane Benhamou (founder of Le Silence des Justes) remembers: \u201cSaying that I was surprised is an euphemism! They look to have more knowledge than any others. I was amazed by their dexterity and their focus. I was stupefied to observe the impact it had on them: the serenity and the satisfaction of having done a good job.\u00a0 This was not medical, but it was in fact a real treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Some tools, but not only instructive<\/h2>\n
Thus, they have been initiated into multiple carpenter\u2019s techniques such as cutting, sanding, painting, nailing, puttying or sticking and so to the use of the corresponding tools too. They were involved in a tour of the city in an instructive and socialize way. They first visited a sawmill in order to grasp the transition between trunk and plank, then they visited a hardware store to buy some materials such as paint. They comprehended notions of machining, tidying, money, anticipation and organisation in time and space. They finally learnt how to identify and master how to work with wood. The adventure was only beginning!<\/p>\n
Grow mint and cultivate friendship<\/h2>\n
In spring 2009 florished a beautiful partnership between Le Silence des Justes and the Ecole Du Breuil. Du Breuil is the Parisian school of horticulture, one of the most famous and oldest in the world. This friendship gave birth to the project \u201cMake mint grow in order to cultivate friendships\u201d which consists in the plantation and the care of 30 variety of mint, the creation of a vegetable garden and many enriching interactions until 2012. Another seed was planted.<\/p>\n
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