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Dubai, UAE - March 1, 2006: Dubai
Municipality will participate in the fifth edition of Dubai
International Rehabilitation Forum - Rehab Dubai 2006, which will be
held from 7-9 March 2006 at the Dubai International Exhibition
Center.
The Municipality has been giving importance to people
with special needs considering them as an integral part of the
society, said Khalid Mohammed Badri, Assistant Director of Public
Relations and Organizations Department.
"The number of
people with special needs taking up jobs with Dubai Municipality has
risen to 27, including four female employees," he
said.
“Dubai Municipality is providing them with equal
opportunities in work along with other sections of the society in
its different departments and sections. People with special needs
have been enjoying a great deal of encouragement from the leadership
of the Municipality, which has been appointing them in different
departments of the civic body and has been facilitating them to
perform well in their duties,” said Badri.
"The Municipality
has provided special facilities in its building for the handicapped
employees. In order to make easy entry and exit for the special
needs people who come on wheel chairs, car parking is made available
near to the main entrance. The Municipality has also provided them
with special facilities such as separate toilets and parking area
for wheel chairs," he said.
"Our stall at the exhibition will
showcase posters on famous handicapped people in order to boost the
morale of the handicapped people here," said Badri.He said the stall
will provide a brief on the achievements of the famous handicapped
people in the world in their respective fields.
Rehab 2006
exhibition will showcase the latest rehabilitation products and
services. The exhibitors will be addressing severely disabled among
the Arab population in excess of 10 million people who now enjoy a
growing awareness of their needs and aspirations. This awareness on
the part of the Islamic Governments of the Arab World has sparked a
series of Rehabilitation Projects and has pushed the Arab
Rehabilitation Market to an estimated US$ 7 Billion
annually.
The highlight of Rehab Dubai 2006 will be a special
training course held by a known academic organization that will give
an internationally affiliated certificate, scientific conference
that will bring together leading international experts in the field
of inclusion to evolve effective, multi-disciplinary inclusion
strategies for the new millennium and an exhibition.
Special
pavilions will be there on accessibility and public transport,
tourism and leisure for the disabled, independent living,
abilympics, in addition to a mobility road show and sports for the
disabled and International Rehab Village comprising disability
organizations from various parts of the
world.
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