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February 05, 2007
If Others Can, Why Can't Persons With Disabilities
Persons with disabilities are persons with abilities, packed with potentials just waiting to be discovered and developed. The challenge is making the most of one's ability rather than focusing on his disability and limitation.
Equipping persons with disabilities the necessary skills is one way of empowering them to become productive individuals. Seeing one's skills contributing not just to one's own personal development but to the growth of the organization can boost one's self-esteem. It makes a great difference knowing you have discovered one of your talents and potentials and turning it into something useful and profitable.
This was proven true when eighteen persons with disabilities were trained on baking and food processing during a four-day skills training sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment, with the Association of Differently-Abled Persons - Iloilo Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ADP-I MPC) as recipient-organization. Indeed, differently-abled persons could differently develop skills and abilities in the midst of their physical limitations given the opportunity.
It is another dream coming true on the part of the Association of Differently-Abled Persons Iloilo Multi-Purpose Cooperative to produce and sell its own products. This time, the organization is not just producing mobility devices, school chairs and lettuce but also bread, cakes, pastries, cookies and processed meat products. All produced by persons with disabilities who have chosen to overcome and let go of their handicap to gain skills and develop talents beyond one's expectations.
The skills training is one component of the program of the Department of Labor and Employment for persons with disabilities.
Donnabelle V. Baldonado
Leaders Course 2005 - Philippines
Posted by jicafriends at February 5, 2007 02:08 PM
Comments
much thank you, send much yours newletters. i read much, i was particing from 2001 and i like learn course of leader of the person with disabities.
next i will write.
sincerely
Ricardo Rocha
Posted by: Ricardo at March 2, 2007 02:51 AM