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Students’ lesson about disability

The Euroweekly News Group

(ESTEPONA) MORE than 250 students from different schools participated in the third programme on disability called ‘Estepona – city without barriers’. A total of 1,063 questionnaires were answered among educational centres in the town to find out what they thought about the disabled and 38 talks laid on about the subject between schools and colleges in the area.

A council spokesman said the aim of the campaign was to give students ‘an objective and correct view of the world of disability’ especially as this information was put across by professionals.

The Social Welfare department was also involved in taking students to museums as well as giving free access to centres of national heritage to disabled and elderly citizens.

Estepona social welfare head, David Valadez, said these initiatives were ‘an attempt to educate people on values and put an end to barriers’. And he said the effort made was reflected by the disability award received by Estepona Council only last year.

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