Working to empower Somali children with disabilities. Moderator @SpecialSomalis connecting Somalis with disabilities globally. #Disability advocacy & activism.
Visual impairment demands attention and solution, with support from @noradno we @adrasomalia strive to inspire everyone for a healthy eye sight. Let us work together bring vision to more and more people in order to make this world a better place.
Happy World Sight Day !!
Do you know that more than 80m Africans live with some form of disability? And for many of them accessing assistive devices such as wheelchairs, crutches, hearing aids and prosthetics is difficult? These devices are either expensive or unaffordable.
Members representing Somali people with disabilities, led by the chairman of the @NDA_Somalia, Mohamed Jama, today had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mr. @HamzaAbdiBarre.
Achieved QTS 4 years ago, 3 years ago I was out of a job, couldn’t get a reference & thought my teaching career was going to end before it even got started. Proud to be repping black, muslim, women in STEM & disabled teachers as a senior leader from September #skrr#NewProfilePic
The Commissioners of the National Disability Agency (NDA), led by Chairman Mohamed Jama, today met with the Qatari Ambassador to Somalia Amb. Hassan Hamza Hashem. The meeting was discussed how to improve the lives of people with disabilities in Somalia.
Chidlren with disabilities do not need to be ignored, they need to be accepted for who they are. By accepting them we @adrasomalia stand to fulfil their rights to education & make sure they become part of the society.
No one should be left behind!
#inclusion#Educationforall
I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’m not: differently-abled,
handicapable,
physically challenged,
diversabled,
a person of determination.
I am disabled.
Spare me the euphemisms.
Nelson Mandela once said, "There can be no better revelation about the soul of the community than the way they treat their children."
We at DAF have put measures in place to eliminate harmful practices affecting children and persons living with disabilities. #DayOfTheAfricanChild
Disability mainstreaming in universities can be achieved through provision of digital Braille devices to learners with an aim of awakening the realization that all students are equal. Inclusive lecture halls empower abled learners to practice tolerance and understanding.
Congratulations @AmbHotelHGA for creating wheelchair accessible spaces for your hotel guests. You have raised the bar and are one of the great business examples for other to emulate. We are so proud of what you have accomplished in Hargeisa, keep up the good work!!!
#AHH20 Committed to providing the best service to all our guests. We have a wheelchair accessible ramp at our hotel’s main entrance and wheelchair accessible rooms which cater to the needs of guests with disabilities.
Mr. President @HassanSMohamud , today you held job creation event for Somali youth but youth with disabilities were not invited. I know you care all Somali youth and I hope you can set up meeting for youth with disabilities. I can help arranging it. Have your team contact me.
I long for the day I will see opportunities for people with disabilities given priority! We must adjust to their needs, it’s the honorable thing to do as people.
A few weeks ago, I was honored to share the stage with Melody Goodspeed and Satauna Howery, discussing the inclusion opportunities in audio description, and how it relates to inclusion of disabled professionals. Here’s the text from my portion, a super long 🧵
Netflix launches its first-ever disability collection, ‘Celebrating Disability with Dimension,' featuring 50 shows and films that have characters or stories
about people living with disabilities. @DTSK21@RizikiSource@Nadia84372113@unthonina @NDcaucus @Sightsavers
Under the #READ project, @gredosom procured and delivered disability aid devices to Mustaqbal integrated and Baydhaba Janaay primary schools in Baidoa.
These devices will be helping children with disability access education more easily. @EU_in_Somalia@FCASomalia@moechesomalia