XN000022-1974-11-18 — Page 8

- 7

-

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18,

1974

+IN THE PAST IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE HANDICAPPED WERE UNABLE TO LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES AND HAD TO BE LOOKED AFTER BY OTHERS FOR MOST OF THEIR LIVES. TODAY, THE ATTITUDE IS DIFFERENT. WE NOW KNOW THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF HANDICAPPED PEOPLE CAN BE TAUGHT TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING AND TO BE CONTRIBUTORS TO SOCIETY RATHER THAN A BURDEN UPON IT.

→TODAY THE EMPHASIS IS ON TEACHING AND TRAINING FOR THE HANDICAPPED AND NO LONGER ON CUSTODIAL CARE. WE REGARD THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILD AS A DEVELOPING PERSON WHO CAN LEARN AND DEVELOP EVEN THOUGH HE WILL LEARN MORE SLOWLY THAN OTHERS. WE ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH HIS CAPABILITY THAN HIS DISABILITY, WITH THE WAY IN WHICH HE IS LIKE OTHER CHILDREN THAN THE WAY IN WHICH HE DIFFERS.+

LADY MACLEHOSE TO VISIT WAH FU ESTATE

******

NOTE TO EDITORS:

LADY MACLEHOSE WILL TOUR WAH FU ESTATE IN ABERDEEN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR. IAN LIGHTBODY.

SHE WILL START HER TOUR BY OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE NEWLY FORMED WAH FU RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION PREMISES ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF WAH CHING HOUSE.

LATER LADY MACLEHOSE WILL DROP IN AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS ASSOCIATION CHILDREN'S CENTRE AND STROLL THROUGH THE ESTATE'S TOWN CENTRE AND MARKET. SHE WILL ALSO VISIT A FAMILY IN WAH

KWONG HOUSE.

REPRESENTATIVES OF NEWS MEDIA ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE VISIT. LADY MACLEHOSE WILL ARRIVE AT WAH CHING HOUSE AT ABOUT 3 P.M.

18

·