Teaching physically challenged people how to use computers can help them support themselves and connect them to the rest of the world, experts stressed on Thursday at a meeting.
Roughly 70 representatives from non-profit, community and corporate organisations, donor agencies and the government put their heads together to suggest solutions for disabled people in Pakistan.
The participants also included people directly related to the problem. Their challenges ranged from physical, speech, hearing, visual, intellectual and learning disabilities and autism. The workshop on ‘Needs of the Disabled Community’ was held at the Marriott Hotel by the Aga Khan Council of Pakistan initiative, Network of Organisations Working for People with Disabilities in Pakistan (NOWPDP). The disabled need jobs employment, education, government support, facilities and care centres in urban areas but there is a shortage of funds.
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