For this to happen there must be, among other things, a programme for imparting skills to the unskilled and for upgrading skills possessed by the semi-skilled.
The multiplication of skills in the society will act as a catalyst for the continuous and dynamic improvement of the disabled and their environment.
It must be a matter of policy to discriminate selectively in favour of the disadvantaged to endow them with these skills that are vital to their self-development and the development of the country.
Disabled people vote at periodic elections but, for the rest, they seem to look on from the outside. They may criticise their employer and government for casting them aside without being re-employed after an accident, but they do so as spectators. They do not do so through any acknowledged right to be considered part of the daily decision-making processes included in the long-awaited disability bill. Hence, their contributions are not as constructive as they might be. In effect, they are counted as nothing in society.
Yours faithfully,
Mohamed Khan
