Quick Facts

Pasitos de Luz accepts children and adolescents between the ages of 1 and 17 years. At this time, we also have 5 adolescents between the ages of 17 and 22. Several of these adolescents have attended Pasitos de Luz from a young age. These young people have mental or physical conditions, for which the services of Pasitos de Luz continue to serve their progress.

Of the total number of children that come to Pasitos de Luz, 53% of them are girls and 47% are boys.

In relation to the population we serve, the following problems have been identified as the most common:

 Motor skills and movement issues 35.8%

 Communication and speaking skills 28.4%

 Mental limitations 22.3%

 Visual impairments 18.7

 Hearing issues 12.3%

 Inability to dress themselves (for those who are physically able) 11.8%

It is important to understand that a single child may have more than one disability. The disabling conditions of the Pasitos children that are evident from birth represent 40.6% of the cases, by disease 19%, while by an accident 6.2%.

The following diagnoses are represented in the children that we support:

Cerebral Palsy, Hemiparesis, Learning Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Conditions, inability to speak, Microcephaly, Muscular Dystrophy, Post-Meningitis Syndrome and other disabilities that impact a child’s ability to live independently.