Silent no more : special needs people in Egypt / Lesley Lababidi ; in collaboration with Nadia El-Arabi ; foreword by Suzanne Mubarak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lababidi, Lesley Kitchen.

Contributor:

El-Arabi, Nadia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Egypt.

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Services for--Egypt.

People with disabilities--Services for.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

xx, 194 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, [2002]

Summary:

Disability knows no boundaries of ethnicity, religion, gender, or social background. Silent No More highlights the many developments that have taken place, especially during the past decade, in social perceptions of disability and disabled persons in Egypt and in the services that enhance their quality of life. The survey begins with a short overview of Egypt's prominent role in providing medical care for the disabled from the Middle Ages to the present, and looks at how Egypt has today become the front runner in the Arab world in developing educational programs, services, and support for the mentally and physically disabled. Drawing on extensive interviews, Lesley Lababidi charts the changes of the present era by letting the disabled and their families, teachers and therapists, directors of government schools, and leaders in nongovernmental organizations speak for themselves. Their stories tell alternately of frustration, commitment, anger, progress, and courage. Most importantly, each person has a message that speaks to the future and the challenges that face Egyptians. Book jacket.

Contents:

1. Disability in Egypt: Past and Present 1

2. Government and the Disabled 18

Schools and Associations for the Mentally Retarded 32

Experimental School for the Mentally Retarded, Abbasiya 32

al-Firdaws School for the Mentally Retarded, Abbasiya 33

MISR Language School 34

The Association for Mental Development 35

Schools for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired 38

al-Amal School for the Deaf, Abbasiya 38

Egyptian Society for the Rehabilitation of the Deaf, Heliopolis 39

al-Amal School for the Deaf, al-Kablat 41

al-Amal Girls' School for the Deaf, Helwan 41

al-Amal Boys' School for the Deaf, Helwan 42

Schools for the Blind and Visually Impaired 44

The School for Vision Retention, Shubra 44

al-Nur School for Blind Boys, Hammamat al-Qubba 46

Schools for the Physically Disabled 49

al-Wafa'wa al-Amal 49

Union of Associations for Special Groups and Disability Services 55

Egyptian Sports Federation for the Disabled 55

International Associations 58

Special Olympics Egypt 58

3. NGOs and Private Associations for the Disabled 60

Associations for the Mentally Retarded 64

The Right to Live Association, Heliopolis 64

Ahbab Allah Association, Heliopolis 71

Our Lady Queen of Peace Home for Mentally Handicapped Children, Nasr City 73

The Friends of a Bright Tomorrow Association, Isma'iliya Road 73

Hope Center for the Mentally Retarded, al-Mansuriya, Takha 74

Caritas Egypt 75

SETI Center, College de la Salle, al-Dahir 76

Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) 83

CBR project at al-Zawya al-Hamra 89

CBR project at Saft Zorik Village Youth Center, Darb Nigm, Sharqiya 90

Vocational Rehabilitation Training 93

The Association for Health and Environmental Development (AHED) 95

Societies for the Deaf 101

Nida Society, Heliopolis 101

Deaf Unit, Old Cairo 102

Associations for the Blind 103

Model Center for Rehabilitation of the Blind, Heliopolis, and School for the Blind, Zaytun 103

Al Nour Wal Amal, Heliopolis 107

Shams al-Birr Society, Giza 109

Associations for the Physically Disabled 112

Day Hospital Institute for Development and Rehabilitation, Sayyida Zaynab 112

Community Action 115

Very Special Arts Egypt 115

Talented Friends Association 117

The American University in Cairo 117

4. Learning Disabilities 121

Pediatric Learning Disability Center, Ma'adi 123

Learning Resource Center, Ma'adi 127

Egyptian Society for Autism 129

5. Street Children 132

Hope Village Society 135

6. Individual Perspectives 142

Appendix 1 Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, G.A. res. 2856 (NNNI), 26 UN GAOR Supp. (No. 29) at 93, UN Doc. A 8429 (1971) 156

Appendix 2 Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, G.A. res. 3447 (NNN), 30 UN GAOR Supp. (No. 34) at 88, UN Doc. A 10034 (1975) 158

Appendix 3 Child Law, No. 12 1996 161

Appendix 4 Declaration of the First Decade for the Protection and Welfare of the Egyptian Child (1989 99) 165

Appendix 5 Declaration of the Second Decade for the Protection and Welfare of the Egyptian Child (2000 10) by President Mubarak 167

Directory of Schools, Organizations, and Associations for People with Special Needs 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [182]-184) and index.

ISBN:

9774246934

OCLC:

51831952