A delegation of the Foundation for Rehabilitation and Education of Slow Children (FRESH) called on Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar and briefed him about the organisation’s efforts for the rehabilitation of children with learning disabilities.
Chief Executive Ashba Kamran told the governor that the FRESH had launched the Pakistan Association for Disabilities in Learning a year ago to raise awareness about learning disabilities. She said the lack of attention paid to children with learning disabilities was one of the reasons why there was such a high school dropout rate.
Kamran deplored the lack of government support for the cause. She said they needed support in order to be able to get qualified professionals and psychiatrists to check primary school children for learning disabilities.
Sarwar appreciated their efforts and said he would try to get people from within and outside the country to support it. He said he would try to get the government involved in the programme.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 20th, 2013.