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Govt to spend Rs 598 m for differently-abled

The government will spend Rs.598 million from next year's budget to grant an allowance to the families of differently-abled persons. The number of families who are entitled to the allowance will be increased up to 16,500 from 2013, Social Services Department Director, Hemachandra Hewage said.

He was addressing a press briefing at the Information Department recently. Director Hewage said discussions were going on to increase the allowance paid to the visually handicapped who undergo vocational training up to Rs.1500 from next year.

There are 274,000 differently-abled persons in Sri Lanka and 72,000 among them are visually handicapped. About seven percent of Sri Lanka's population are persons with visual disabilities. Sri Lanka Federation of the Visually Handicapped (SLFVH) treasurer Nishantha Mendis said the government had provided employment for visually handicapped persons.

Three percent of employment vacancies in the government sector had been filled with candidates with visual disabilities, he said.

"Students with visual disabilities have no opportunity to gain a successful primary education. They do not receive a complete text book series in Brail language", Nishantha said.

The government has made arrangements to provide technical training for persons with visual disabilities in Vocational Training Centres.

SLFVH secretary Manik Gunaratne said persons with disabilities only need recognition of society, not charity. They should have the right to take decisions.

All parts of society should know how to empower persons with disabilities and how to have their contribution to the country's development, she said.

The SLFVH chairman Alex Jayawardena and Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission Director Samanthi Jayamanna Paranagama also participated.

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