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Report sheds light on challenges facing people with disabilities
Friday, Apr 24, 2009
Gulf News
Dubai: A group of young people with hearing disabilities has prepared a set of recommendations - to be submitted to the concerned authorities - on new rules and practices that would help facilitate their integration into society.
The group includes officials from different organisations that deal with people with disabilities in the country, namely Zayed Hi care, the Sharjah Association for Humanitarian Services and five other centres under the supervision of the ministry of social affairs.
The eight recommendations highlighted include a unified sign language for the deaf, providing sworn interpreters to authorities such as police, courts and hospitals, ensuring the right for university education, among others.
The theme for this year is "Towards Human Security for the Deaf" and the key objective is to provide recommendations and a framework to facilitate the relationship between government, non-government entities and the deaf community.
Mohammad Baharoon, Deputy Director of Watani, said the programme in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs will help facilitate meetings between the members of the deaf community who prepared the paper and the various entities involved in the recommendations.
"This will establish a dialogue so that we can discuss the best ways to implement their recommendations," he said.
Is enough being done to help these children? Should they be given a more holistic experience?
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