Speech at Seminar for South-South Cooperation for Decades of People with Disabilities: An Orientation to APCD, Bangkok 28 July 2005

Disabilities:
“Persons with disabilities are far from having achieved equal opportunities while their integration into society is far from satisfactory. Public awareness as well as public action campaigns must be our priority to ensure that persons with disabilities live their lives as integrated part of the society. I said public awareness and public action because awareness alone is not enough. There must be action at the national, regional and international levels.”

“Physical disability must not inhibit one’s potential to excel. Given the opportunities and the right facilities, we see them excel academically, socially, economically, and athletically. I want to see this as a norm not an exception in all communities.”

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