Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan on Friday launched a special camp to identify the talents of persons with disabilities.
The first of its kind mega camp was organised by the Aditya Mehta Foundation, an organization working for the welfare of persons with special needs.
Addressing at the inaugural of the camp, she said that the people with special needs are endowed with divyang, the divine limbs and capabilities, as described by our Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“They (persons with disabilities) do not need our sympathy, instead they need our support and encouragement and belief in them and their capabilities,” she said.
The Governor stated that it was our bounded duty to give them equal respect and dignified treatment and end all sorts of discrimination against them.
Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan highlighted the need for creation of barrier-free structures thus making them all facilities accessible to the people with disabilities.
She had also called for the equal opportunities and equitable distribution of resources to ensure their all-round development and enable them realise their full potential.
