People with Disabilities Call for Inclusiveness
People living with disabilities have called for inclusiveness in all spheres of life, for them to have a sense of belonging. The call was made by the Kwara Women Leader for Joint National Association of
People with Disabilities (JONAPED), Mrs Joy Bolarin, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin yesterday.
She said people with disabilities could use their talents to contribute meaningfully to the society, adding that “our disability doesn't mean liability.
“We can be what we want to be if given an enabling environment to thrive by using our talents to contribute meaningfully to the society.
“The way we can be given a voice is through inclusiveness. Any activity or programme in the society, people with disabilities should be included.
“We should be given a voice so that whenever decisions are taken, we will be able to give our inputs.
“We should be given equal opportunities in education, marriage, job opportunities and leadership; we need representation everywhere.
“We should be allowed to speak because he who wears the shoe, knows where it pinches.”
Bolarin, who is also the Founder, Jibore Impeccable Foundation, which promotes ability in disability, said people with disabilities could also do things able-bodied people do.
She said people with disabilities have been discriminated against in so many ways, “but the truth is that we can also do everything an able-bodied man or woman do.
“Our physical appearance doesn't affect the work we do; we take care of our homes, children and things we ought to do. “There is ability in disability.”
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Folajimi Aleshinloye Alfa Modibbo Belgore Gbugbu Tunji Ajanaku IEDPU Kwara Central Yusuf Amuda Aluko Makama Sardauna Pakata Patriots Saba Jibril MATTA Girls Foundation Durosinlohun Atiku IPSAS Amuda Bembe Kwara Liberation Group Mary Arinde Ilorin Central Mosque Omar Gambari Kwara-SAPZ Project Yaman Suleiman Mora Omar Abdulwaheed Musa Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi Abdulrahman Abdulrasak Isiaka Danmeromu Lawal Olohungbebe Shoprite Okala Baba Medinat Folorunsho Salman CACOVID Palliatives Tunde Saad Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Lithium Deposit Hajj Abdulkadir Orire Allocation Oladipo Akanmu Tolani Sulyman Abdulkareem KSIRS General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin Azeez Bello Offa Omar Bolaji Gambari Ayinde Oyepitan Halidu Danbaba Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa CBT Muftau Akanbi Oke Femi Gbajabiamila Maimunat Oniyangi Suleiman Abubakar Awili Pedro Eghe Igbinehin Onilupeju Of Ilupeju Buhari UNILORIN Alumni Idris Garuba IsDB Marafan Shonga Amuda Aluko Abdulfatah Ahmed Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola 3MTT NULGE Opolo Global Innovation Limited Mahmud Ayinla Giwa Rotimi Atere Matthew Okedare Fatai Olodo Javed Khan Ilorin Water Reticulation Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode Bayo Lawal Cornelius Adebayo Peter Obi Ahmad Lawan

