Disabled children
Nazma Ahmed Kona, Babar Road, Mohammadpur, Dhaka
According to an estimate, there are about 42 lakh children with either mental or physical or both disabilities. Unfortunately, they are unable to meet the needs for themselves as well as the demands of the society. Thus, it is our duty and responsibility to help them overcome their inability. The government and the citizens are both responsible for their care, treatment, education, employment, and social rehabilitation. According to an estimate of the Centre for Services and Information on Disability in Bangladesh (CSID), only four percent of the children with disability are getting opportunity to go to school. Although they deserve equal human rights and privileges like all other members of the society, they have become the victims of ignorance and intentional child neglect. Even the parents of the retarded children become tired of taking care of and providing services to their children. These children suffer for no fault of their own and depend entirely on peoples' support. Despite the availability of healthcare facilities the numbers of physically and mentally disabled children have been increasing worldwide. Therefore, we must make our effort to provide the support and services to our disabled children so that they can overcome the disadvantages and develop and grow normally. How best we can provide these services would of course depend on several factors including the number of such children in a society, the availability of resources, and our humane obligation and interest towards these children. There are many ways to help these children. In addition to government and NGO efforts, any wealthy and benevolent person can support them by sponsoring one or two children with a little amount of money. We must acknowledge that we need to provide social support and justice to our handicapped children it is our moral duty and national responsibility. In view of this I am soliciting necessary attention of our social welfare ministry and other relevant organisations.
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