| Disability Month |
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Oos-Rand Stereo gaan gedurende September spesifiek konsentreer op die onderwerp "Gestremdheid" - dit is ook ons tema vir hierdie maand. Sodra die woord "gestremdheid" genoem word, dink die meeste mense onmiddellik aan iemand wat gekluister is in 'n rolstoel. Dit is egter vêr van die waarheid. Daar is vele ander gestemdhede soos blindheid, doofheid, intelektuele gestremdheid, fisiese gestremdheid - mense wat so gebore word. Wat egter 'n groter bron van kommer is, is die feit dat so baie aangemelde gevalle van gestremdheid die oorsaak is van ongelukke wat verhoed kon word. Dink maar aan motorongelukke, ongelukke op die sportvelde, mislukte selfmoordpogings - die lys gaan aan. Bly ingeskakel op Oos-Rand Stereo en ons gaan jou deur die loop van September inlig oor ons betrokkenheid by hierdie tema. When most people think of the word "disability" they immediately think of someone in a wheelchair. But there are many other types of disability. Statistics regarding the spread of the disabled in South Africa has unfortunately been poorly recorded and is inadequate. From the statistics available and with a population figure of 40 584 000, a total of 1 723 000 or 4.3% of the South African population is disabled. This figure reflects only the sight-, hearing-, physically disabled and the mentally handicapped. East Rand Stereo will during the course of September talk to various people in the field of supporting the disabled. |




