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    "id": 1057517,
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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "In the wake of economic meltdown and breakdown of the social fabric, early childhood education will make sure that our children withstand all those social disorders that we have been witnessing. In this Bill, I will consult with the Departmental Committee on Education and Research so that we can go in depth and consult with persons with disability through the National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPWD). That is because we need to capture the need of special education in schools and the needs of children with disabilities, since we have categories of persons with disabilities. While I was the Chair for the NCPWD, I had advocated that we segment persons with disabilities so that we can know how to approach their education during early childhood. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have children with disabilities who can be integrated in the normal system of education because it will uplift their self-esteem. If today, as a person with physical disability, I am in a class with you and I defeat you in the examinations, my self-esteem will be uplifted because I know that I will not win against you in the field. But I can win against you in class. So, we have been advocating that those categories of disabilities that can be integrated, let them be integrated unless the disability have limitations that cannot allow them to be integrated, like children with autism and cerebral palsy. We will have special institutions for those who need basic learning skills of survival like toileting and eating. Those we can integrate, if they are deaf, it is very simple. Look for a teacher who understands sign language or make sure that there is a sign language interpreter. If they are physically disabled, make sure they are on wheelchairs and make sure that the classes are accessible. Those children can learn with the rest. If you put us, as persons with disabilities, in one corner to compete against ourselves, even if I become number one, I will just believe that I am number one among the rejected. However, if I become number one in an integrated school where there is everybody else, my self-esteem will be uplifted. So, we will consult with them so that we make sure that we capture the issue of persons with disabilities."
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