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Municipal sources of the City Council of Cieza report that December 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

The celebration of this day seeks to sensitize citizens on issues related to disability and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of people with this condition.

In addition to promoting their inclusion in all areas of life.The Municipal Disability Commission, linked to the Department of Social Policies, whose councilor is Melba Miñano, wants to celebrate this important day despite the difficulties that exist due to the current pandemic situation caused by covid-19, especially when this virus It is causing a devastating social and economic crisis for people with disabilities and families."The group of people with disabilities has increased their situation of defenselessness as a result of the isolation measures decreed and after the closure of occupational, day, social, educational centers (now semi-presential), seeing their support networks diminished and compromising physical and emotional health, and that, thanks to the work of the social entities that provide support for the coverage of many of their needs, they have not been doomed to total isolation, "say the sources."This day is important and, although we have been forced to modify our actions from previous years, which sought, among other issues, the interaction between people with disabilities, the students of the educational centers of Cieza and the population in general, we believe that the activities scheduled for this year will have a similar effect.

"Since this Monday, during today Tuesday and tomorrow Wednesday, Melba Miñano and several of the associations that make up the Municipal Disability Commission report on the radio about the effects that the covid-19 has had on people with disabilities and how from the groups they are It has worked to combat the serious effects that it has produced in many of them.A series of posters have been exposed in different public centers and on the street with positive messages, and a video has been made, "Together We Build the City", which tries to project how architectural barriers prevent full participation, seeking the empathy of citizens , which would facilitate the inclusion of all.The Department of Social Policies, in addition, presents a survey aimed at people with disabilities and their families in order to know what their needs and their personal and family circumstances are that allow to establish the lines of action for the development of a municipal plan that helps to build an inclusive Cieza.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza