DAD’s help to the disabled
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IF YOU PASS a bus station and a bank DAD, we should remember that the compliments of the Barbados council for the disabled. In celebration of Disability Awareness Day today, the Council of the establishment of a number of banks on the island with the words Make Every Day A Day DAD. Des towards an inclusive society. The theme of the Month Of The disabled, We Will Because We Can. The first bank was unveiled outside the Springer Memorial School, the Government Hill St. Michael, yesterday. The Chairman of the Board, David “Joey” Harper said it was one of the ways to increase awareness about disabilities. “A lot of people take for health. For changes in thinking, people with disabilities, we must first with young people. The Bank offers children an awareness of disability,” said Harper. Representatives of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Carmen Schäfer, said it was only one of the possibilities for integration of people into society. “There can be no discrimination or segregation. This is one of the planks of economic and social development for people with disabilities …. We should try not to the segment of men in groups. It is a society for all human beings, “she said. (KB) |