Creating Awareness on UNCRPD & disAbilityLaw 8/2010 by CARE Society, Maldives
Thanks to CARE Society for conducting a session to “Creating Awareness on United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability(UNCRPD) & disAbilityLaw 8/2010“. It brought a lot of professionals from our community dealing with disAbility and highlighted the need to meet up frequently to work together and create a better Maldives for Persons with disAbilities. I hope more similar platforms would be created in the future and am looking forward for the next disAbility forum by the Disability Council on 3rd...
read moreMy Notes on Parents perspective into coming in to terms of having a child with a disAbility
I was invited to the workshop on disAbility by Handicap International and Ministry of Health to give a short presentation on a parent’s perspective on coming in to terms of having a child with a disAbility. Here are the notes I highlighted. “I am Mohammed Yasiph, father of Yafaau who was born on January 4th 2003 at IGMH. At birth he suffered oxygen starvation(Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy or HIE) and as a result, has Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy and Visual Impairment. I’d like to thank the Minister of...
read moreReport on the Forum on Disability meeting published on MVdisability
This is a report by CFPA of Min. of Gender and Family on the “Forum on Disability” held on 29th July 2008 in which I was invited as a Parent of a child with a disAbility. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Min. of Gender and Family and their consultant, Ms Joanna Champion for the Invitation and giving an opportunity to voice out how a parent feels in having a child with a disAbility, especially with the heads of ministries present. I would also like to thank Minister of Gender and Family, Aishath Mohamed Didi for...
read moreYafaau, Samiya and me at Social workers training workshop
Yafaau, Samiya and I will be at Ministry of Gender and Family’s Social workers training workshop to share our thoughts and answers to some of their question’s about raising a child with disAbility.I have the article “Welcome to Holland!” in my mind.
read moreForum on Disability invitation
Date: 29th Tuesday, July 2008 Time: 09:00am – 14:30pm Venue: STELCO Seminar Room, Mal
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