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The Potential of the people with disabilities.

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People with Disabilities are like any human being deserving of the rights enjoyed by all human beings. So there should be no nothing which can discriminate against any sphere of their life. Needless to say, the government made some noteworthy commitments in the last GDS and ratified UNCRPD as a part of its vision to build a welfare state considering the PWDs as a community with priority. The government has taken initiatives such as Digital Bangladesh and Smart Bangladesh which if implemented well has the potential to garner significant output and enormously contribute to the development of economy. The government needs to inspire Bangladeshi people with disabilities that they can live a fulfilling life and live creatively like the Chinese man in the video above who made helicopters despite being a PWD. In Bangladesh there are over 1 crore 60 lakh people with disabilities. Most of them are seen as a burden to society and live in a sorry state. They struggle to fulfill their basic needs ...