Diocesan Youth Council of the Anglican Church had organized a event at ILTC

The Diocesan Youth Council of the Anglican Church, had organized a camp activity for Diocesan Youth at ILTC which was held on 2nd December (Wednesday).

The theme is: Transformation in the Communities (In conjunction with their Anglican theme this year)

In light of their theme this year, they had organized some activities for their campers to take this opportunity to engage with the communities, spending time with us and learning to care for one another. The campers (youths) have a good combination of Indians and Chinese. Mostly are in the age group of 18 - 25 years old and are all came from different Anglican churches from different states. Based on their biblical principals, which God has called us to love one another and care for our community despite of religion, race and ethnicity, they hope that thru the outing activities at our centre would able to encourage the younger generation to care for their community and their neighbors around them. ILTC’s believed that it is utmost important to instill good values in our younger generations and continue to encourage them in caring and engaging with the communities. The youths had well organized the event by themselves and the activities were also included the disabled person in the wheelchair games, drawing, gotong-royong etc.

Two new categories for disabled people

Sunday December 6, 2009



Two new categories for disabled people

KUALA LUMPUR: Two new categories of disabled people — those with speech and those with mental disability — have been created, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said.

Speaking to reporters after launching the ‘Day For The Handicapped’ at the national level, here yesterday, Shahrizat said the two new categories were created following feedback from government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the disabled people themselves who wanted a more comprehensive handicapped category to be introduced in line with the current requirements and definition adopted in the Persons With Disabilities Act 2008.

“Handicapped people categorised under speech disability are those who have difficulty to speak to the extent of hindering communication when interacting with other people such as aphonia (not having any voice) and dysarthria (unable to speak),” she said.

Mental disability, refers to people suffering from mental illness such as schizophrenia, mood disorder and serious and chronic organic mental disorder and had undergone psychiatric treatment for at least two years.

The existing categories used in registering disabled people are multiple disabilities; people with impaired vision; hearing disability; physical impairment and learning difficulty, said Shahrizat.

She said that in the 2010 Budget, the government had allocated RM224 million for the disabled.

Next year, the ministry would concentrate on creating job opportunities for the handicapped and their accessibility to buildings, she said.

Shahrizat said she was still not satisfied as there were still many offices, public places and public transport that were not disabled-friendly.

Bernama