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About yasiph

a blogger, a webdeveloper, a technician, a father, a founder... Jack of all trades :P of MV Bloggers community, of Yafaau.org, of A/C's, of child with CP, of CARE Parents Forum

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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Title: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Location: Maldives
Description: Each year December 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The Day aims to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of their communities.
Start Date: 2010-12-03
End Date: 2010-12-04

Passing of ‘Disability Act’ Bill sends a clear message to CSO’s: We won’t hear you!

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This ‘Disability Act’ bill which the Maldivian Parliament passed today contains a lot of clauses which many of the Civil Society Organizations(CSO’s) disagree. The first thing anyone would notice is the terminology used. It’s quite clear that People with Special Needs are not only Persons with a disAbility and i do understand disAbility terminology is a controversial issue…

http://yafaau.info/blog/2009/12/passing-of-disability-act-bill-sends-a-clear-message-to-csos-we-wont-hear-you/

Bill on Protection of Rights of People with Special Needs open for comments

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A Bill on Protection of Rights of People with Special Needs (disAbility Bill in short) has been submitted to the parliament by the government. The Ministry of Health and Family today, invited us to a discussion of issues and comments to the Bill and compile these comments in preperation for Committee discussions when the bill is reffered to it.

The Ministry is currently focusing on getting feedback from stakeholders who are actively working in the field of disAbility,  like ADD, CARE Society and other key stakeholders. The Ministry will be cordinating a meeting to initiate these discussions, which is tentatively scheduled for Monday, 3rd August.

So ADD would like to get more comments from public in aiding the outcome of corrections/additions to this Bill. Here is a copy of the Bill as submitted to parliament.