Wafa Hamad bin Sulaiman, Director of the Welfare and Rehabilitation Department at the Ministry of Community Development, told Emirates Today that the Ministry has carried out a field assessment to determine the criteria needed to match the existing cinemas in the country with the needs and comfort of the people of concern. Entertainment and cultural activities, like the rest of society.
She said that the concerned team in the Department of Care and Rehabilitation of the People of Determination in the Ministry conducted evaluation visits to a number of cinemas in the State, to see the extent of preparation for the use of people of determination.
Benslimane explained that the team identified the ease of access to the cinema halls for people with motor disabilities, and easy access to the information content of films and exhibited materials, especially for people with visual, auditory and autism spectrum.
She pointed out to the field visits with several proposals and observations, including the need to ensure that the people of determination can access the cinema halls and facilities, and facilitate the media content for people with disabilities with visual disabilities, through the provision of descriptive audio synchronized with the films on display to enable people with visual disabilities to enjoy the shows, Providing text-readable translation for people with hearing disabilities, so that they can read conversations in all movies, explain any background sound effects when viewing movies, and keep them connected to film events, as well as appropriate light, sensory and auditory effects People with autism, ensuring that there is no sensory sensation that does not suit them, and allows them to enjoy cinematic shows like others.
Ben Slimane sent a letter to mothers, to choose the right time to go to cinemas or recreational events in general for their children, so that the people of determination in a healthy and psychological situation ready to go to places of entertainment, and avoid any behaviors as a result of fatigue or lack of satisfaction of basic needs, which may result in restlessness or The desire to withdraw, and other behaviors may draw the attention of those around.
Bin Sulaiman stressed that the evaluation of cinemas comes within the framework of the ministry's work to implement the axes of national policy to empower people of determination, which in turn stressed to facilitate and create all the conditions, data and tools that enable them to obtain their rights, including their right to entertainment and access to entertainment and enjoyment of places like To others.
The National Empowerment Policy, launched in 2017, emphasized the need to create an inclusive and barrier-free society that ensures empowerment and a decent life for persons with disabilities and their families, through policy-making and innovation services that achieve a high quality of life and access to inclusion. Community, promote active participation, promote equal opportunities, and support and empower individuals and families to fulfill their roles.
Right and treat
Entertainment is an inalienable right for people of determination, in accordance with Federal Law No. (29) of 2006, on the rights of people of determination and the national policy of empowering people of determination, which requires individuals, and from various actors providing entertainment activities and activities, to take into account the needs of the people of concern, to facilitate Their use of recreational facilities without difficulty, like others.
Recreation therapy can be defined as a set of activities, events and recreational programs developed by specialists. It relies on the use of various means, such as accompanying animals, listening to music, playing games, sports and various arts, including acting, watching drama, painting and coloring, in dealing with physical and psychological disorders. Emotional, social and cognitive, when people are motivated or chronically ill.
A specialized team conducted evaluation visits to a number of cinemas in the country.