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Kayveas Suggests Use Of 'Special', Not 'Handicapped', For Disabled

KLANG, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- Welfare homes, care centres and associations for the disabled should use the word "special" instead of "handicapped" in their registered names, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk M. Kayveas said.
He said "handicapped" was not a suitable word to describe disabled people as they did not ask to be born that way.
"Being disabled is not their choice. We should instead call them 'special' because they need special care," he told Bernama after launching a free shopping programme at Klang Tesco hypermarket for inmates of the Klang Association for the Handicapped centre.
Together with the hypermarket's general manager Bakri Mat Deris, Kayveas presented a RM50,000 cheque to the association which has been "adopted" by the hypermarket.
Kayveas accompanied some 40 children of the centre to choose school uniforms and other school requirements sponsored by the hypermarket to celebrate its second anniversary.