Muscat— The Ministry of Social Development launched today the halls for the Occupational Rehabilitation Program for persons with severe and multiple disabilities over the age of 18. The project was funded by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO).
The ceremony was held under the auspices of Dr. Abdullah Hamoud Al Harthy, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Development for Persons with Disability Affairs.
This project comes within the framework of the Ministry's efforts to develop rehabilitation services and programs provided to persons with disabilities, and to enhance opportunities for their empowerment and integration into society. The project aims to enable persons with severe and multiple disabilities to develop their independent capabilities and occupy their time with manual, motor, and artistic activities suited to their abilities and needs, alongside providing rehabilitation programs that take into account their age characteristics and individual differences, and enhancing integration among specializations and rehabilitation services provided to them.
More than 100 cases of persons with severe and multiple disabilities enrolled in centers affiliated with the Department of Specialized Rehabilitation Centers benefit from the program's halls, including the Physical Disability and Cerebral Palsy Center, the Intellectual Disability Center, and the Down Syndrome Center. The program also targets female technical assistants working with this category by developing their skills in using modern rehabilitation methods and strategies. Furthermore, the Ministry intends to transfer the impact of the experience and application of the program to the remaining government rehabilitation centers affiliated with the Ministry.
The program includes a diverse range of rehabilitation activities that contribute to developing life skills and self-care skills, psychomotor skills and group play, alongside manual, practical, and vocational activities, drawing and coloring, and artistic and musical skills, thereby enhancing beneficiaries' self-reliance capabilities, granting them broader opportunities for societal participation, and contributing to improving their quality of life.
The halls also contribute to providing a safe and stimulating training and rehabilitation environment that takes into account the capabilities and needs of beneficiaries and supports service providers in implementing rehabilitation programs in an integrated manner, in addition to their role in alleviating the psychological burdens borne by families of persons with severe and multiple disabilities by providing specialized and supportive rehabilitation services.