BD role-mode in autistic rehabilitation: Putul

Bangladesh has become a role-model in the rehabilitation of people suffering from autism, says Saima Wazed Hossain. The daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is better known by her nickname Putul and spearheads autism campaigns in Bangladesh. Putul said Bangladesh government was preparing a list of children with autism and physically challenged people to ensure their ‘proper rehabilitation’. The Ministry of Social Welfare is conducting a survey for this purpose, she told a high-level discussion organised by ‘Women Refugee Commission’ at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday (local time). She said the autistic children in Bangladesh are not looked down upon anymore. The WHO recently drafted her into its highly prestigious ‘Expert Advisory Panel’ on mental health. ‘As many as 300 local and international non-government organisations are working alongside the government of Bangladesh to rehabilitate the autistic. ‘People with disabilities enjoy 10 percent quota in government jobs,’ Putul said, according to bdnews24.com.