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Tribune News Network
DOHA
MADA (Qatar Assistive Technology Centre) recently held an awareness campaign to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which is celebrated around the world on December 3.
Through the campaign, the nonprofit organisation aims at educating the local community on the capabilities of persons with disabilities.
"At Mada, we set out to empower persons with disabilities by unlocking and maximising their potential through different technological and educational solutions," said Maha al Mansouri, CEO, Mada."The first step in this process is raising awareness within the community and spreading the message that persons with disabilities are just as capable, as the rest of us are."
Mansouri added,"This especially applies to young people with disabilities, and we aim to help their parents and their communities understand that they have the same potential as any child does when they are properly directed to a channel that suits their individual needs and situation."
Balloons were distributed with three main messages printed on them: Enable everyone's ambitions, Access to success, and Forget disability talk ability, at Mada event.
As a nonprofit organisation that operates under the umbrella of the Ministry of Transport and Communication, Mada is dedicated to connecting persons with disabilities to the world of information and communication technology.
Since its inception in 2010, Mada strives to change attitudes and approaches to persons with disabilities and to ensure better involvement of persons with disabilities with the digital community in Qatar.
To support Qatar's National Vision 2030 and its National Development Strategies (NDS), Mada aims to fulfil the national standard of an ICT-skilled population whose members have equal access to technology and can succeed in a knowledge based economy, regardless of their disabilities.
