Hassan Al -Sitry
Representative Hisham Al -Awadi stressed that the Ministry of Social Development refuses to adopt reports issued by psychiatry to diagnose people with disabilities, and that it refuses to increase the allocations of disability, despite the existence of a surplus in its budget, and exceeding the expenses of people with disabilities the Ministry’s allocations to them, noting that some neighboring countries raised the allocations to 500 dinars. He asked why the disability card was stopped and a signal was placed in the identity card? On his part, the Minister of Social Development, Osama Al -Alawi, replied that the Ministry of Social Development is working according to the constitutional principles and agreements, and emphasizes its keenness to care for people with disabilities and integrate them into society, noting that the answer is within the framework of the parliamentary question that was received, and reviews the achievements of the Kingdom of Bahrain for people with disabilities, indicating that “we are in a stage Developing the infrastructure of rehabilitation centers and there are centers that are prepared to receive people with disabilities.
