The Department of Community Development in Abu Dhabi has confirmed its intention to prepare a guide linking diseases and disability, according to disability classification, in collaboration with the Department of Health, to reach accurate figures in monitoring the disability index, noting that the community entities in Abu Dhabi has completed 90% of the project to monitor the classified work owners It will contribute to the standardization of tools for the detection of persons with disabilities, identify their needs and identify the challenges facing them.
The Department identified five main pillars of Abu Dhabi's comprehensive strategy for people with disabilities, including health and well-being, education, work and employment, community protection and family empowerment, as well as public, cultural and sports.
The head of the department, Dr. Mugheer Al-Khaili, in statements to «Emirates Today», that the owners of determination is not a burden on the community or family, because it is a productive category. But it needs to provide a supportive environment, pointing out that the main role of the Department is to activate all sectors of society, and provide a supportive and supportive environment for them, by working with all stakeholders to create an environment that helps government agencies and the private sector to attract this category.
Al Khaili said that “the future vision of the people of determination does not include their empowerment, but the activation of this category in the economic and developmental aspects, each individual in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is a wealth of development must take advantage of its capabilities, and refine its potential, which forms the basis for a sustainable economy, based on knowledge and innovation», He pointed out that the department works to promote the integration of people of concern in the community, and the allocation of many strategic initiatives to enable them to achieve their ambitions.
The Department stressed that the comprehensive strategy project for the people of determination in Abu Dhabi, which was prepared and announced during the coming period, will constitute a qualitative leap in the concept of services provided to this important segment of the community, especially as the vision of the project was prepared by a team of people of determination in cooperation with the technical committee of the project and the authorities and institutions from The project will contribute to the achievement of raising the satisfaction index of the people of concern, and the implementation of the project to the national agenda of the policy of empowering the people of concern through the best international practices in the field of empowerment. She added that the project will form an umbrella to ensure that people with disabilities get their rights and opportunities in society at all stages of their lives, and the mechanism to benefit from the initiatives adopted to them at the local and federal levels, as the project works on a number of key points, including enhancing access and quality of services provided to people of concern, and coordination Simplify intersectoral efforts through an integrated and sustainable system, as well as the involvement of the social sector and society in the empowerment process.
Initiatives
The Community Development Department (CDD) reported that the strategic initiatives of the Community Development Center in Abu Dhabi include 15 initiatives to support people with disabilities, including the adoption and implementation of the Abu Dhabi Disability Classification Manual, the preparation of the database of people with disabilities, the development and implementation of the Environmental Pathways Standards Manual, community-based education and empowerment, and the development of a diagnostic system. Early detection of disability, development of technical vocational rehabilitation system for persons with disabilities suitable for UAE labor market, community awareness project on issues of persons with disabilities, geographical expansion of operations in Al Dhafra area, privatization of therapeutic services, Promising people with disabilities in the emirate data, and link e-mail to partners.
Initiatives include the development of internal and external employment procedures for the disabled, the establishment of international championships for people with disabilities, the implementation of the project to combat obesity for children in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the development of specialized assistive technology services for people with disabilities, in addition to the robotics laboratory, therapeutic swimming pool and innovative diving therapy for people with disabilities. Signal Dictionary compatible with the UAE environment.