FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1987
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CHRISTMAS A TIME FOR GIVING
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR TONY REYNALDS, TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON PEOPLE TO TURN THEIR THOUGHTS TO GIVING AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
SPEAKING AT A JOINT CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE AND THE KAI CHI CHILDREN'S CENTRE OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, MR REYNALDS SAID GIVING BROUGHT PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER.
WHETHER IT IS TANGIBLE GIFTS THAT ARE BEING GIVEN, OR COMMODITIES SUCH AS FRIENDSHIP, LOVE OR UNDERSTANDING, TO GIVE AND TO SHARE IN THE JOY OF OTHERS, AT THE SAME TIME AS SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING THE SAME THING, WILL MAKE US FEEL AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY,' HE SAID.
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HE SAID THAT BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND NOT JUST LIVING IN IT AND OBSERVING LIFE FROM THE SIDELINES, WAS PART SPIRIT OF NORMALISATION AND WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR A HANDICAPPED PERSON.
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"NORMALISATION MEANS THAT MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE MUST BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A WAY AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE LIFE STYLE OF THEIR NON-HANDICAPPED PEERS AND THAT ACHIEVING THIS GOAL REQUIRES COMMUNITY SUPPORT," HE SAID.
"EVERYONE CAN HELP, WHETHER IT IS BY INVITING HANDICAPPED PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL GATHERINGS; BY ENCOURAGING YOUR CHILDREN TO INVOLVE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR GAMES OR PARTIES; BY CONSIDERING WHETHER YOUR COMPANY COULD OFFER EMPLOYMENT TO A MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSON; BY SIMPLY EXTENDING THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP; OR ABOVE ALL, BY UNDERSTANDING THAT MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE ALL HAVE VIEWS AND OPINION, AND WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THESE TO US," HE ADDED.
HE EXTENDED SPECIAL THANKS TO MEMBERS OF ROUND TABLE NO. (VICTORIA) FOR PRESENTING A GENEROUS GIFT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOMES.
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