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…
ADD 2nd General Assembly 2009
Title: ADD 2nd General Assembly 2009
Location: Imaadhudheen School
Description: General Assembly #2
Start Time: 20:30
Date: 2009-11-09
End Time: 22:00
Bill on Protection of Rights of People with Special Needs open for comments
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.
SEN Units in Fuvahmulah update
mikalnews.com posts an update on SEN Units at Fuvahmulah
see news at mikalnews.com
Implementation of SEN Units in Atolls to be completed in 2010
Ediucation Ministry briefs on updates on Special Educational Needs(SEN) units.
Read it here on Jazeera Daily(Dhivehi)