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Social negligence frustrates people with disabilities

BSS, Dhaka
The three children were born with physical disabilities but with the firm determination of their mother they are learning to overcome their challenges.
Yet the social negligence and tendency to look them down often expose the children — Jely, Mahbub and Milon - - to utter frustration.
Jalal, father of the children with disability, resides at Nimnagar village of Panchagarh district. He maintained his family by selling nuts. Jalal left his family due to his poverty and disability of the children.
Their mother tries hard to maintain their family working as maid servant. They live hand to mouth. Their mother get marry again due to tremendous economic hardship and to protect them. Thus, the three impaired children got shelter with their mother. Mahbub and Milon work at a shop while Jely helps her mother at home works.
Their life simply became better. At least, they get few square meal to avoid death. But they have remained still laughing object to society. Some people used to teased them saying dwarf. Some I pull their hair, pinch their body.
Many people suggest them to became joker of the circus. They are become hurt psychologically by the behaviours of some people.
Three percent people of the total population of Bangladesh are disabled. According to the report of World Health Organisation (WHO), there are about 30 lakh disabled people in Bangladesh. They are neglected in socially in the country. But intellectually impaired people are playing vital role in economic activities in the developed world.
Society for the Welfare of Intellectually Disabled (SWID) is cooperating the children with disability through their 41 branches. It is helping to rehabilitate such children permanently in society through special education, professional training and suitable employment.
About 5,602 disabled children have been taught in life skill, social skill and communication skill through 41 special schools. They also practice other areas including painting, sports and culture. A total of 442 teachers are working for the purpose.
Senior Executive Officer of the SWID Nurul Islam said many children become disabled due to birth
complications. Parents having same blood group are also responsible for child disability. So, it is important to avoid marriage among close relatives, especially among first cousins.
SWID Secretary General GWH Chowdhury said the main demand of the present world is to create equal rights for the disabled, and protection and implementation of the rights as well.
Persons with disability will not be a social burden once the law formulated for the disabled is implemented. The law protects the rights of education, training, employment, social security and safer movement on roads.
Sonia Zaman, teacher of a school for intellectually challenged, said many intellectually challenged children remained unaccounted for at homes as few people know them. They are neglected socially and are being deprived of education. However, they can contribute significantly to the nation, if they are taken care of.
Shariar Parvez is a disabled. Shariar won one gold medal, one silver and one bronze in Special Olympic in 1996. He also won two gold medal in 1999. His mother
Hosne Ara was upset for his disability. The success of Shariar has brought smile on his mother's over depressed face.
Her son has contributed like a normal people despite his physical and mental limitations. Hosne Ara believes that disabled children are not burden. Instead, they can contribute like a normal person, if opportunities are given to them.
Bangladesh won 45 gold medals, 28 silvers, and 28 bronzes in four Olympics between 1991 and 2003, Special Olympic is also held in 2003 in Dablin, Ireland, where a total of 21 disabled sports persons took part.
Social discrimination is the greatest barrier for the development of disabled. Shariar is one of the exceptions, who some how privileged enough to break social barriers.
But many disabled of the country are not so lucky as they pass their whole lives in darkness. Many people suppress them. So. we need to change our attitude towards persons with all forms of disability-Only then, thousand of disabled like Mahbub, Milon and Jely would be able to play vital role for the development of the country.