{"id":9090,"date":"2021-03-29T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=9090"},"modified":"2021-03-29T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:11:15","slug":"people-with-disabilities-have-been-left-behind-says-chair-of-tetraplegic-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/people-with-disabilities-have-been-left-behind-says-chair-of-tetraplegic-association\/","title":{"rendered":"People with disabilities are being left behind, says chair of tetraplegic association"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is Sajmir Beqiri, the chairman of the Association of Para and Tetraplegics in Shkodra.<\/p>\n

In an interview for Euronews Albania, he expressed his disappointment from political parties after none of them included people with disabilities in their platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of the candidates has spoken about vulnerable groups or people with disabilities\u201d, said Beqiri.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite infrastructural improvements and some institutions setting up ramps to give access to this category, there\u2019s still a lot to be done\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Beqiri also added that people with disabilities might encounter difficulties when participating in this electoral process.<\/p>\n

\u201cRamps are missing in several facilities\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

According to him, a matter of priority is the immunization of this category, because due to other underlying conditions, they might be more vulnerable to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see this as truly urgent, we need to get the vaccine\u201d, concluded Beqiri.<\/p>\n

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