The principle underlying this Call to Action by CDP is that, with good health, persons with disabilities have the freedom to work, learn and engage actively in their families and their communities. Health and wellness are not the same as the presence or absence of a disability; they are broader concepts that directly affect the quality of a person’s life experience. Research and clinical experience have shown that persons with disabilities can be both healthy and well. And good health opens the door to employment and education for persons with disabilities, just as it does for persons who do not have disabilities.
CDP Call to Action’s goals and strategies for action, are based on a growing body of scientific knowledge and evidence-based practice about disability, health and wellness. The impetus for this Call to Action has been the recognition that health is a key for persons with disabilities existence. Only with accessible, comprehensive health care and wellness promotion services can all persons with disabilities enjoy the intent of full, engaged and productive lives in their communities
Persons with disabilities can lead long, healthy, productive lives.
Accessible health care and support services promote independence for persons with disabilities. Partner with CDP with coordinated, appropriate health care with the potential to improve the wellbeing of persons with disabilities. Among them are efforts to help treat many disabled persons with major Soreness due to daily outdoor exposure and other underling medical conditions.
Your donation at https://cdpsierraleone.com/donation-page/ will support our ongoing projects and care for people with disabilities and Less Privilege persons in Sierra Leone.
People with disabilities need health care and health programs for the same reasons anyone else does—to stay well, active, and a part of the community.
Having a disability does not mean a person is not healthy or that he or she cannot be healthy. Being healthy means the same thing for all of us—getting and staying well so we can lead full, active lives.
To be healthy, people with disabilities require health care that meets their needs as a whole person, not just as a person with a disability.
Center for Disability and Less Privilege provide specialized healthcare services and therapies tailored to the needs of Disabled and less-privileged persons in Sierra Leone.