Needs of disabled brought out in study on Open Doors centre
A stakeholder workshop held on April 11, to address the needs of persons with disabilities, was seen as giving life to the 2010 Persons with Disabilities Act, according to Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran. “This conversation has taken a higher level now because having enacted the legislation it is just a start of the process… this is a work in progress,” Minister Ramsaran said at the forum.
He outlined that some of the main items in the legislation speak to the need for empowerment of people with disabilities to make them equal with their fellow Guyanese citizens. It also speaks to the need for education and training, relevant to the job market so that they can enjoy life as productive citizens while at the same time it speaks to the need for special arrangements by institutions to cater for people with disabilities. [Read More]
