For the web based project management software, see ProjectInsight.
Project Insight (P.I.) is a division of the the San Francisco, California Recreation & Parks Department which provides recreational and learning activities for hearing-impaired and vision-impaired children, teenagers, young adults. Founded circa 1990, Project Insight is based at Wawona Clubhouse[1] in the Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove, two miles south of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Participants, staff and volunteers use American Sign Language.
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Purpose and activities
Because disabled youth are often isolated from their hearing peer group and excluded from recreational and group social experiences, Project Insight:
- Strives to integrate young people with disabilities into the general community,[1][2] while supporting their individuality, independence, dignity, and cultural diversity
- Promotes learning and development, focusing on self-expression, teamwork, education and building cognitive, social and motor skills
- Provides a variety of recreation, outdoor adventure and cultural activities, including:
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- After school homework clubs, arts and crafts, cultural events, parties, etc.
- Golf[2]
- Hiking (Yosemite National Park is a favourite destination)
- Rock climbing
- Skiing
- Taiko drumming[3][4]
- White water Rafting
References
- ^ a b Project Insight website (html). (includes photo albums from skiing, rock climbing and white water rafting trips).
- ^ a b Sense of stroke (html). Gilroy Dispatch (29 October 2003).
- ^ Nanette Asimov (16 September 2006). Robinson Wadsworth — musician, adventurer (html). San Francisco Chronicle. “Taiko drumming — thunderous and thrilling — was tailor-made for his kids at Project Insight, decided Mr. Wadsworth, who kept a set of drums at the Recreation and Park Department. The drums were so loud that many youngsters could hear their sounds, [P.I. Director] Metcalf-Tobin said. Even those who were profoundly deaf could feel the drum's vibrations. "They'd just go wild on it," he said.”
- ^ Taiko Drumming at NTID (html). Sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf and PEN-International with support from San Francisco Taiko Dojo, Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka and Project Insight staff member Artist in residence (photo gallery). (Three week program, February 1-21, 2004).
