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SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1989
REHABILITATION SELF-HELP GROUPS BENEFICIAL TO COMMUNITY
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SELF-HELP GROUPS IN SOCIAL REHABILITATION POSITIVE ROLE IN HELPING THEIR MEMBERS BUT ARE ALSO BENEFICIAL TO
NOT ONLY PLAY A COMMUNITY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR
THE SAID TODAY SATURDAY).
KWOK KA-CHI,
SEMINAR ORGANISED BY
SPEAKING AT THE "SELF HELP, BEST HELP" THE ZONTA CLUB OF HONG KONG, MR KWOK SAID MEMBERS OF GROUPS COULD SOLVE THEIR COMMON PROBLEMS WITH A SPIRIT OF MUTUAL HELP. THESE SELF-HELP
"THROUGH MUTUAL CARE AND SUPPORT, MEMBERS DIRECTLY MEMBERS AND INDIRECTLY BENEFIT THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED AT LARGE.
HELP OTHER AND SOCIETY
"THUS, THE REHABILITATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY FOR THE DISABLED AND THE SELF-HELP GROUPS, WHICH COMPOSED OF DISABLED THE COMMUNITY PERSONS ALONE OR WITH OTHER INTERESTED PEOPLE, COMPLEMENT IN THEIR FUNCTIONS.'
MR KWOK NOTED THAT GOOD PLANNING, FINANCIAL INVOLVEMENT OF PROFESSIONALS WERE ALSO IMPORTANT.
EACH OTHER
SUPPORT AND THE
CARE AND SUPPORT IN THE PROMOTION OF
HE POINTED OUT THAT COMMUNITY'S ACCEPTANCE, FOR THE DISABLED AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE VITAL REHABILITATION SERVICES.
THERE ARE THREE COMMON TYPES OF REHABILITATION SERVICES. THEY
SELF-HELP GROUPS IN ARE SELF-HELP PARENTS' ASSOCIATIONS
GROUPS FOR OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, WORKSHOP RUN BY PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS.
THE DEAF,
AND
THE SELF-HELP GROUPS FOR THE DEAF UNDERSTAND
ENABLE THE DEAF THEIR PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND THE VERBAL COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERS, AND HELP THEM TO RESTORE BARRIER AND BECOME USEFUL MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY,
SHELTERED
FULLY
TO IN MAKING CONFIDENCE
THE PARENTS' ASSOCIATIONS OF THE MENTALLY ANOTHER TYPE OF SELF-HELP GROUPS. GROUP
HANDICAPPED IS MEMBERS STAFF OF THE TRAINING CENTRES WHERE THEIR CHILDREN ATTEND CLASSES,
OFTEN DISCUSS WITH METHODS AND PROBLEMS IN TAKING CARE OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.
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ON
THROUGH EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND MUTUAL SUPPORT AMONG MEMBERS. BOTH THE MENTALLY
GROUP HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WOULD BE BENEFITED.
AND THEIR PARENTS
THE THIRD TYPE OF SELF-HELP GROUPS, THE SHELTERED WORKSHOPS RUN BY PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS, PROVIDES SELF-SUFFICIENT PERSONS WITH SIMILAR DISABILITIES WHO ARE
WORK FOR THEIR BEST TO BE
CONTRIBUTION
TRYING
FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT. MEMBERS ARE MAKING DEFINITE THE SELF-HELP GROUP, THEIR FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY.
TO
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