Chairperson for Specialized Committee for Gender, Education and Social Development in Imotong State Assembly urges the public to avoid labeling people with disabilities with negative names which indicate abusive language.
Angela Achiro Onorio discourages the negative attitude of communities towards people with disabilities, Radio Emmanuel reports.
She says people with disabilities need to be treated equally with their able counterparts.
Achiro advises South Sudanese to acknowledge disabilities as a characteristic of any society.
The MP tells South Sudanese to avoid sidelining disable persons in some activities since they are part and partial of the society.
The lawmaker spoke on Thursday in a Forum organized by Young Voices funded by Handicap International under the theme: Employment for persons with disabilities in Torit’.