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The disabled are nothing abnormal in society
Delft,
the Netherlands (ANTARA News) - People with disabilities are normal
part of human diversity that should get equal treatment from the
society, a researcher in the field of education for the disabled,
Beatriz Miranda, has said.
"Persons with disabilities are normal part of the diversity of our society and the environment," Beatriz who is a researcher at Vrije University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, said at a colloquium organized by the Indonesian Students Association (PPI) Delft here Friday (17/5).
According to Beatriz, who is the study manager of SARI (Assessment and Reduction of Stigma Impact) project, the assumption of being incapable for the people with physical disabilities came up due to the society`s inadequate understanding and the environment that do not support the existence of the disabled.
"The inability to afford is the result of the interaction between the disabled and the society who does not understand how to deal with the disabled, and because the environment does not meet their needs, so it is not due to their disabilities," Beatriz explained.
Equality
On the same occasion, a doctoral candidate at Vrije University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Mimi Lusli Mariani who suffers visual impairment, said the lack of vision does not make her passive and unable to get in touch with the society.
"I cannot see but I can speak, hear, walk. I can do things that are usually done by people who can see," said Mimi who started having retinitis pigmentosas or retinal degeneration since she was 10 years old due to genetic factors.
So that, according to her, people with disabilities should be treated equally as members of the community without losing their rights in the society such as that on education to the highest level and access to services on basic needs.
The dealings to the disabled are formulated by the United Nations through the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.
"Persons with disabilities are normal part of the diversity of our society and the environment," Beatriz who is a researcher at Vrije University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, said at a colloquium organized by the Indonesian Students Association (PPI) Delft here Friday (17/5).
According to Beatriz, who is the study manager of SARI (Assessment and Reduction of Stigma Impact) project, the assumption of being incapable for the people with physical disabilities came up due to the society`s inadequate understanding and the environment that do not support the existence of the disabled.
"The inability to afford is the result of the interaction between the disabled and the society who does not understand how to deal with the disabled, and because the environment does not meet their needs, so it is not due to their disabilities," Beatriz explained.
Equality
On the same occasion, a doctoral candidate at Vrije University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Mimi Lusli Mariani who suffers visual impairment, said the lack of vision does not make her passive and unable to get in touch with the society.
"I cannot see but I can speak, hear, walk. I can do things that are usually done by people who can see," said Mimi who started having retinitis pigmentosas or retinal degeneration since she was 10 years old due to genetic factors.
So that, according to her, people with disabilities should be treated equally as members of the community without losing their rights in the society such as that on education to the highest level and access to services on basic needs.
The dealings to the disabled are formulated by the United Nations through the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.