East China’s Jiangsu province has made headway in the improvement in rehabilitation nursing for people with disabilities to ensure that 4.97 million people with disabilities in the province will embark on the journey for a well-off society with no one left behind. Sunday marks the National Day for Helping the Disabled, which falls on May 17 this year.
The city of Nanjing launched a campaign to donate more than 1000 wheelchairs and toilet bowls to the disabled people.
The city’s federation of disabled people also relied on the Internet to publicize the welfare notion of helping the disabled and the creative products made by the disabled people.
The home for the disabled at a sub-district in Siyang County has recruited more than 20 disabled people to cut off the thread on the wool hats being woven.
Xian Qixing, a 53-year-old poliomyelitis victim, is one of the workers here. He said he is no able to benefit from the daycare services and earn some money by working at the home for the disabled.
More than 40 disability assistance agencies have been launched in Siyang County to take care of the disabled on a regular basis and providing work to the best of their abilities so as to alleviate the financial burden on their families.
Job fairs for the disabled have been held in Changshu, Binhai, Xuyi and some other places to offer job vacancies for people with disabilities through a variety of ways.
The special education school in Dafeng district, Yancheng city, has offered home-based tutoring for 54 people with severe disabilities to ensure that they can benefit from the right to education as the other children.
The special education school in Changshu has integrated vocational education in the training for children with disabilities so that they will be able to get a job upon entering the society.
Gu Bing, deputy director of education bureau, Changshu
The ultimate goal is to let them earn their own bread and live with confidence when entering the society.
