Voice Of Disabled Afghans صدای معلولین افغانستان

روز معلولین بدون حضور مقامات تجلیل شد

روز جهانی معلولین و معیوبین ا زسوی کمیسیون معلولین ، معیوبین ، جنسیت و جامعه مدنی در هوتل کابل دوبی بدون حضور داشت اراکین بلند پایه دولتی تجلیل گردید.
نفیسه سلطانی رییس کمیسیون معلولین ومعیوبین مجلس سنا ضمن انتقاد از عدم حضور مقامات دولتی در این محفل گفت: ما از رییس جمهور ، اعضای کابینه ، سفرا ، نماینده سازمان ملل متحد و نمایندگان مردم در پارلمان دعوت نموده بودیم که در تجلیل ازاین روزا شتراک نمایند و ما بتوانیم مشکلات خودرا با آنها در میان بگذاریم ولی اظهار تاسف می کنم که حتی نماینده گان ملت هم دراین محفل اشتراک نکردند

Outlook

Living with a disability anywhere is a challenge, however in Afghanistan disabled individuals must face their personal challenges in a country that has an infrastructure deeply damaged from years of war. Resources for disabled people are poor or nonexistent in most parts of the country, and those with disabilities are not given equal rights to those who are able-bodied.

There is a common perception in Afghanistan that people have received disabilities through God's will, for bad actions. Many disabled people feel disrespected or as if they are less than human. This hopelessness and being outcast from society have fueled opium use and suicide among the disabled Afghan population. In America and many other nations around the world, people with disabilities are included in the decision-making and policy-shaping process.

They have a voice, and are listened to. Their needs have been honestly considered and acted upon. In the past two decades, disability rights groups around the world have begun to use the phrase, “nothing about us without us’’ as a rallying cry. The phrase is meant to convey that people with disabilities want to have a role in society and that they know what is best for themselves and their community. But in Afghanistan there are more than a million handicapped people who live without any facilities or support.