Do the words used to describe you have an impact on your life? You bet! Contrary to the age-old “sticks and stones” lesson we learned as children, words do matter! For too long, people who happen to have conditions we call “disabilities” have been subjected to devaluation, marginalization, prejudice, and more. And the first way to devalue someone is through language, by using words or labels...
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Introduction to the books Handicap International(Belgium) shared a series of inspiring stories of Maldivian children and adults with disAbilities. With each story we can see part of a new world, and meet a person with a different experience of life. Through the stories we are privileged to gain an insight into what each person values, and what they aspire to. We realize that each character has another aspect to his...
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Controlled medicines are very difficult to acquire all the time. And the new Universal Health Insurance Scheme(Aasandha) requires us to be a bit more careful in planning to get these drugs via Aasandha. Due to Yafaau‘s epilepsy, he has to take Clonazepam(Rivotril) 0.5mg 1/2 tab twice daily and has been prescribed from his first year on-wards. It has always been a challenge at times to get these medication...
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It’s been couple of years since Maldives have been marking the International Day for Persons with disAbilities. As we mark yet another year for PWD’s there are lots of commitments yet to be looked upon. Mainstreaming disAbility has been there since the UN first started the UN Enable movement and Maldives has never touched on implementing it. Under this year’s main theme of IDPD 2011,...
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Care Society in association with Dhiraagu is conducting a “Special Sports Festival” on 1st October 2011 solely for the Children/Persons with Disabilities. The purpose of this Festival would be to provide opportunity for children and adults with disabilities in various institutions to participate in a sports event. This will also create a platform for further collaboration among institutions and moreover provide...
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LET’S PUT THE PERSON FIRST, NOT THE DISABILITY!
Do the words used to describe you have an impact on your life? You bet! Contrary to the age-old “sticks and stones”...
Inspiring stories
Introduction to the books
Handicap International(Belgium) shared a series of inspiring stories of Maldivian children and adults...
Controlled medicines and Aasandha
Controlled medicines are very difficult to acquire all the time. And the new Universal Health Insurance Scheme(Aasandha)...
Mainstreaming disAbility in the development
It’s been couple of years since Maldives have been marking the International Day for Persons with disAbilities. As we mark...
Special Sport Festival 2011
Care Society in association with Dhiraagu is conducting a “Special Sports Festival” on 1st October 2011 solely for the...
Yafaau is n 10 year old child with acquired Cerebral Palsy living in Maldives. Yafaau was delivered in IGM Hospital on January 4, 2003.
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