City Desk :
Speakers underscored the need for establishing disabled-friendly atmosphere and ensuring rights to education, health services and dignity for the disabled children by flourishing their inherent talents and abilities.
They stressed on mainstreaming and empowering the people with disabilities through coordinated efforts of government and non-government organizations.
The opinion came at a discussion styled ‘Mainstreaming of the intellectually disabled and vision impaired people’ arranged by Dristi Sangstha Buddhi Protibondhi Biddyalaya (DSBPB) at its auditoriumin in Rangpur on Friday.
Deputy Commissioner Md Rahat Anwar attended the discussion as the chief guest with chairman of the governing committee of DSBPB) Mir Anisul Haque Payara in the chair.
Deputy Director of the Department of Social Services Abdur Razzaque, District Women Affairs Officer Kawser Pervin and Sadar Upazila Education Officer Afroza Jasmine addressed as special guests.
Headmaster of DSBPB Ashik Iqbal narrated about the academic and extracurricular activities being conducted in the institution for the intellectually disabled, autistic and vision impaired children.
Speakers called upon the government and non-governmental development organisations for taking more coordinated steps to ensure development, empowerment, job opportunities, constitutional rights and social security for the people with special needs.
Deputy Commissioner Md Rahat Anwar said the present government has taken massive steps and increased the number of beneficiaries and allowances for the physically challenged people, one-stop-services and education for mainstreaming through ensuring their developments.
He urged for ensuring supports to the autistic, intellectually disabled and physically challenged children.
Speakers underscored the need for establishing disabled-friendly atmosphere and ensuring rights to education, health services and dignity for the disabled children by flourishing their inherent talents and abilities.
They stressed on mainstreaming and empowering the people with disabilities through coordinated efforts of government and non-government organizations.
The opinion came at a discussion styled ‘Mainstreaming of the intellectually disabled and vision impaired people’ arranged by Dristi Sangstha Buddhi Protibondhi Biddyalaya (DSBPB) at its auditoriumin in Rangpur on Friday.
Deputy Commissioner Md Rahat Anwar attended the discussion as the chief guest with chairman of the governing committee of DSBPB) Mir Anisul Haque Payara in the chair.
Deputy Director of the Department of Social Services Abdur Razzaque, District Women Affairs Officer Kawser Pervin and Sadar Upazila Education Officer Afroza Jasmine addressed as special guests.
Headmaster of DSBPB Ashik Iqbal narrated about the academic and extracurricular activities being conducted in the institution for the intellectually disabled, autistic and vision impaired children.
Speakers called upon the government and non-governmental development organisations for taking more coordinated steps to ensure development, empowerment, job opportunities, constitutional rights and social security for the people with special needs.
Deputy Commissioner Md Rahat Anwar said the present government has taken massive steps and increased the number of beneficiaries and allowances for the physically challenged people, one-stop-services and education for mainstreaming through ensuring their developments.
He urged for ensuring supports to the autistic, intellectually disabled and physically challenged children.
