Dubai on its way to becoming disability-friendly by 2020
Dubai is studying measures to transform the emirate into a disability-friendly city by 2020, the secretary-general of Dubai Executive Council said on Monday.
Establishing the city as a fully inclusive, disability-friendly city by 2020, is the objective of the ‘My Community’ initiative launched by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, in 2013.
“We are currently in the evaluation stage; we have hired a consultant to see what needs to be done to transform the city into a disability-friendly one. If a person with a disability has to go to the bakery and then the bank, for example, can he do so at ease? Are the buildings equipped?” said Abdullah Al Shaibani, secretary-general of Dubai Executive Council and vice-chairman of the Higher Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Details
