《特奧30週年系列活動 社區推廣 融意音樂會》
1 六月 2017
澳門特殊奧運會《30週年系列活動 社區推廣 融意音樂會》由澳門無彊界青年協會、社會工作局、推廣聯合國殘疾人士權利公約計劃及民政總署支持之下，可口可樂公司贊助，活動已於2017年5月28日下午兩點到五點假塔石廣場舉辦，是次活動是特奧30週年系列活動的啟動儀式。本會自1987年正式成立而來，除了對智障人士的體育訓練、職業復康、特教支援及社區支援服務的發展外，也著重培養智障人士的文化藝術方面的發展，特辦此“融意音樂分享會”，歌曲由本會的服務使用者與讚娛樂旗下澳門歌手及聖家學生共同錄製名為《共融》的唱片，共收錄5首本地原創歌曲。歌曲內容都是較為正面及帶出深層的社會教育意義，希望以音樂作為橋樑來推廣社會共融及感謝政府各部門及社會各界人士對智障人士一直的支持及鼓勵。
In the beautiful afternoon of May 28th 2017, the Macau Special Olympics (MSO) “30th Anniversary Series: Community Promotion—UNIFY Concert" was successfully held at the Tap Seac Plaza. This concert was fully supported by the Macao Borderless Youth Association, Social Welfare Bureau, and Project of promoting the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) and was sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company. Officially, we had held the Kickoff Ceremony for our Macau Special Olympics 30th Anniversary Celebration. Since the establishment in 1987, our organization has not only provided services on sports trainings, occupational rehabilitation, special education supports and community supports, but have even put our efforts on fostering the development of arts and culture for the people with intellectual disabilities (ID). That is the reason why we have chosen to hold our Anniversary Kickoff Ceremony with the UNIFY concert sharing & showing the talents of our ID in Macau. All 5 songs of our “UNIFY” album are recorded & originally produced by our MSO service users, Macau local singers from the Like Entertainment & Productions Co. Ltd. and the students kindly from Escola da Sagrada Familia. The lyrics of the songs are very positive with deep sense of social educational bringing. We are expecting to take music as a platform promoting the social inclusion as well as showing our gratitude towards the Macau SAR government departments and the whole community for all your supports and encouragements for the people with intellectual disabilities.
系列活動主題為“如意”，「攜手共創三十載 苦盡甘來‧如意」，“如意”對華人來說具有多重的意義。“如意“在傳統中國文化代表喜慶、吉祥，正正切合本會成立30週年的大喜日子；如意”存在著不同的形態，是一個千變萬化的形象，就像本會的服務一樣，覆蓋不同的範疇，包括體育活動、職業復康、特殊教育及社區支援等；“如意”亦是一個不求人的工具，本會期望將來本會的服務使用者可以自力更生，提升自我的社區生活。“‧如意”指在澳門社會經濟高速發展的同時，值得我們深思的是殘疾人士的生活又是否真的如意？社會大眾是否真的如我們所想的接納及包容他們？
RUYI (Chinese: 如意; Literally: “as desired; as [you] wish") is the theme for our MSO 30th Anniversary Series events. Our slogan「攜手共創三十載 苦盡甘來‧如意」means “To join Hands in overcoming 30 years of hardships Wishing for Better…..?!". There are a few definitions of “RUYI “in Chinese. RUYI in the Chinese traditional culture on behalf of festive, auspicious, is precisely showing the happiness in celebrating our 30th anniversary. Its various forms & images are just like the way our MSO services are. We have not only provided sports activities to our service users, but we have even concerned & extended our service coverage to offering occupational rehabilitation, special education and community supports to all of them. “ RUYI” in another term means a self-help tool (不求人)in Chinese. We hope that our service users will be able to improve themselves and be independent enough to enjoy their lives in the community. ‧RUYI (“How to be as desired”) is like a question & a concern on whether the lives of people with intellectual disabilities are really as good as they have desired and deserved in the rapid change of Macau social and economic development all these years along? Is the community really as we think for spreading awareness and acceptance well enough for the people with intellectual disabilities.
30週年系列“亞洲區特奧家長論壇暨分享會”於5月30日至6月1日假金沙城中心舉行，除來自兩岸四地及亞太區的智障人士家長及專家參與外，本會更邀請到來自亞太區特殊奧運會青年領袖Cherish Aperocho來分享經驗、策略及推廣《殘疾人士權利公約》。本會的家長論壇暨分享會已連續舉辦了十年，今年的議題更延伸到智障人士的融合教育、運動與健康、輔助就業形式及雙重老化等，更重要的是相關活動由澳門家長參與策劃工作。藉由此活動讓各地智障人士家長互相交流學習，並得到社會大眾更多的支持及鼓勵。
For the celebration of our 30th Anniversary, we were pleased to hold our “Family Support Network Forum for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Asia” for 3 days from May30th to June 1st, 2017 at the Sands Cotai Center. We had invited experts and families of people with intellectual disabilities from different countries & cities in Asia, including a special guest speaker, Cherish Aperocho, a youth leader from the Special Olympics Asia Pacific to share experiences, strategies on promoting the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Our MSO family forums have been held for 10 consecutive years. This year, the topics of the forum had even covered the issues on special education needs, sports and health, supported employment and the double aging for the people with intellectual disabilities in Asia. This event is dedicated to the great planning & efforts to our Macau families of people with intellectual disabilities. Families of people with intellectual disabilities from over the Asia Chinese communities could now be encouraged to exchange their experiences & to learn from each other in the event. Meanwhile, the forum will definitely promote more supports, acceptance, concern, love & awareness from the public.
