DISABILITY
REMOVING BARRIERS
FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Multiple barriers make it extremely difficult or even impossible for people with disabilities to progress in life.
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uckmore Takachicha is a community services manager for the Association For The Physically Disabled(APD). APD is a registered non-profit organisation helping people with most forms of physical disability. According to Tak achik a, APD assists people with disabilities and their
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families resolve their personal psychological and physical problems and empowers them to develop an independent lifestyle. Being a qualified social worker allows Takachicha to manage, coordinate, and improve the ser vices programmes that his company offers.
We introduced a home-based system in some parts of Ekurhuleni. We visit people with disabilities that we identified with our deferral pathways with this programme, including using online platforms. We have a team of caregivers who have some qualifications to prove it. Say they could
