They must rather be recognized as people who are "differently able and equally talented as their non-disabled counterparts."

The appeal was made when the association presented gifts including rice and used-clothing to the Accra Rehabilitation Centre. The presentation was part of the activities marking the annual week celebration of the association.

Mr. Elvis Akora Mensah, the president of the ASSOW who led the team for the presentation expressed concern about the neglect of the persons with disabilities by their families and society at large.

He observed that nature had bequeathed to every individual certain talents, which could be utilized to enhance national progress. He therefore entreated the public to assist the institutions responsible for the rehabilitation of the disabled to provide quality services to them.

Mr. Charles Appiagyei, the Executive Director of the Vulnerable and the Excluded, a non-governmental organization, who received the items on behalf of the centre praised the students for the gesture and encouraged them not to relent in their quests to seek recognition and development for the persons with disabilities.

He explained that the major problem of the disabled was not the impairment they had but the social barriers that society had placed before them; adding that when the barriers were removed, there would not be any disabilities.