I. LEADERSHIP
1. What skills have you gained from your experience/s? How could these skills help you in being an effective youth leader?
2. In your opinion, what makes for an effective leader?
Ii. YOUTH WITH DISABILITY
3. What is the sectoral issue closest to your heart? Share a background on this issue. You may share your personal experience, if you are comfortable with it.
4. How do you want to contribute to the Person with Disability community in the present, and in the future?
5. For you, what is an inclusive and barrier-free society?
6. Based on your reading and understanding of the program’s objectives and activities, how do you think you will benefit from this leadership program?
7. You may use this space to share anything that you feel would help us get to know you better and your motivation to apply to the program.
8. How will you engage your fellow Youth with Disability in the community Inclusion? If given a chance to organize a meaningful activity, what would it be?
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What skills have you gained from your experience/s? How could these skills help you in being an effective youth leader?
More important than any memorized quote or advice about leadership is (1) personal experience with knowing the reality on the grounds how things really work in contrast to (1b) what can only be read on paper but are way complicated to put to work when in practice. This is just one pathway albeit the latter being an important backing to be able to comprehend and understand more what experiences unfold before a person’s life. As equally important, when one is in such valuable experience/s is (2) the capability to listen to what insights such personal experiences may bring about. Of course, being human thus having human limitations in time and resources, no one can be at all such realities all at the same time. Thus in such cases (2b) “listening” to those who have undertaken or are undertaking such reality/s is preferably a reliable substitute to actually going through something or having first-hand personal experience that should be part of what things are to be properly considered in making a decision process, given that, again, (1b) related knowledge is known to a person from which to, with competence, make sense of things to be discussed. Personal experience with reality of differing things in life is of no doubt crucial for competently understanding and comprehending such human facts and properly having the voice to address it, which, to be genuine, requires (3) the sensitivity to social concerns as a necessary part of having the motivation to make a difference in response to such realities of how things around in culture may be structured (unfairly), in this case, around a person with disability. Otherwise, such strive for broadcasting what one has to say is only an honesty that lacks compassion.
Throughout my life I denied to myself outwardly identifying with my clearly physically-challenged circumstances, I tried to hide it in all my past employment and hadn’t honestly confessed it during my whole years as a student so that something helpful could have been done at the school-level. Until mid-way in time when pandemic was still really bad only then did I came to be open with identifying with my disability and advocated for the sector’s concern initially through social media; I sought social change to happen starting with sharing knowledge to my fellow PWDs curated for gaining ability to comprehend what social injustices maybe happening to them. During such length of time of my self-denial about my disability, I’ve tried to engage with a lot of differing things that normal people were into but was unsuccessful and in all that I learned the hard way differing subconscious social barriers that are enforced in society that bar disabled individuals from progressing in almost all aspects of life, as I had gone through myself. This realization had been the major motivation underlying my present 2 years of trying to share online to the disability sector what pitfalls every disabled individual may be drawn into in a world that is generally made for physically-normal people to thrive in as I had personally experienced. Perhaps needless to say, I’ve unintentionally transcended in between having a somewhat normal life while in fact being physically challenged but hiding about it as with the underlying difficulties associated with bearing my eye-problems; I had been sandwiched in between those worlds and it was a very unpleasant experience in which the consolation I desire is bringing these experiences of disability more into mainstream, gradually, so that in the process societies eventually validates and acknowledges pains and struggles that disabled individuals experience; part of this process of what social change I had been seeking is what had been motivating me to put up a platform for PWD advocacy in general, and founded upon principles of ethics as a whole, as societies having high standards of ethics is what I envision as a long-term solution to making humanity a more psychologically-safe social environment/s for PWDs wherever one is, whether locally or abroad.
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In your opinion, what makes for an effective leader?
In my preceding answers above, I add a commitment to keeping high standard of morals as that is oftentimes where most wannabes nowadays who aspire some higher achievement are short on (especially due to times being narcissistic), that is, on what morals they are to influence to others and what they’d stand for once they get what they wanted and thus become an icon status, perhaps. Access is much easier nowadays unlike in conventional times, why not increment upon such ease ensuring that oneself’s views on ethics is suitable to universal ethical principles, e.g., values underlying PWD rights and welfare advocacy. Many have the motivation (another important factor in being a leader) to amass touching upon more and more people’s lives by striving for popularity but without one’s morals growing with rise in status, a distinguishing characteristic between good and bad leaders, that is, the latter having the motivation but reject or neglect ethics.
Another basic leadership skill is communication skills. As with showing up where crowd are at to observe crowd behavior, for years now I’ve been in the habit of meeting new people to have conversations with and in those such circumstances I try to engage with educating about culture, lucky if such listener is also interested in discussing social issues having to do with ethics too. Lucky, too, when who I’m talking with likes a little history. In this process of immersing with different people and crowds I try to learn too, for engaging in the socialization process is an aspect of learning that a leader will need some level of mastery over, especially that different types of people and crowds require different types of approach to be effective in leading. I am treating such interaction as rehearsing my capability to communicate abstract concepts and ideas that are difficult to get across verbally; practicing even before opportunities to express my advocacy in much bigger platforms arise, exercising how to communicate ideas and concepts clearly represented in my mental processes—as that is easier—but are difficult when trying to deliver unto others into a dialogue. I have to do it right and effectively when such opportunities arise, for it is a given how difficult it is to discuss abstract relationships, as with vocally explaining how culture works, social issues and concerns that in general are quite easier to tackle. And so my long-term motivation to practice such. Only recently have I realized that what I have been doing unconsciously as I meet new people is practicing my skills in communicating these profound matters, somewhat like mini or partial dry-runs even before I come into point in my life when bigger means of educating people presents itself (and to which I have this mindset of finding and gradually preparing for; I always sought social change to happen) where I can make efforts to shift public discourse into social issues and concerns, mainly those which I am openly advocating for and, especially, those deep-seated causes of injustices to disabled individuals in society; I am fully aware how hard it is both to comprehend and convert into understandable verbal explanations these realities of life, and so I want something to do about this difficulty, and which I am making efforts to practice at present, again, as communication skills over such will be necessary in leading social change by bringing these things not only in writing but also in oral communication into public discourse.
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D. YOUTH WITH DISABILITY
What is the sectoral issue closest to your heart? Share a background on this issue. You may share your personal experience, if you are comfortable with it.
I’d like to address barbarism (undermining “weaker” people individuals, especially those who can’t fight back), Trumpism (rejection of merit and fundamental professionalism) and Putinism (despise for values of democracy, thus, antagonism of freedom of speech and of expression, most especially “free will”) in culture. Our society unrighteously imposes layers upon layers of disadvantages under which every disabled person is at the receiving end of, thus barring the free will of PWDs and that would need freedom of speech and of expression to initiate counter-culture against. Most of the time, no matter the level of competence, credibility and capability of a disabled individual, one’s social environment just have those subconscious social biases that bar a disabled individual from progressing further in each aspect of life as compared to how much a physically normal person would achieve with the same amount of effort. Oftentimes these cultural processes are unspoken facts and realities and the fact that such things and circumstances are abstract concepts that are for deep discussions make them more less likely touched in daily dialogue; my mind is set to bringing these discussions more and more into mainstream. (At present, we only have these facts and realities in public discourse at the level which are generalizations of, e.g. “rejection and discrimination” in employment, denial of legally-mandated discounts of PWDs, and the like, but what about the more deeper causes like multitude of differing social constructs, thought processes and system of beliefs?)
Part of doing this is the op-ed (opinion editorial) framework I’m establishing called UV-Rays* which is for educating and advocacy in general, grounded on ethics principles, a medium for freedom of speech and of expression, democracy, and of course a platform for PWD rights advocacy. But necessarily included among these and what I personally want to stand for as among my personal brand is a critic of our own society. We need to address barbarian norms that still exist in Philippine culture. We Filipinos are so nationalistic that we’re aggressively promoting our race to other nationals in every time we have the opportunity to do so, thus in advertising for ourselves entails an astronomical rejection of being true about what wrongs our society still has up to present. But those are just beliefs. We Filipinos do not understand that to be a great nation we need critics that scrutinize our own culture and be true to ourselves. Look at Germany they had accepted criticisms of Hitler’s Nazism but look at how their economic trade is strong; Israel—which is almost similar to the Philippines in having a diaspora all over the world—also has numerous of it’s citizens and scholars who try efforts to bring up into conversation what are the wrongs of Israel. The US and UK also has such culture but had not been much sources of deterioration of their societies but adversaries’ propaganda like from Russia. Even Africa and Indians has critics who are blunt in honesty about what’s wrong in them like how filthy and poor Africa and India is, and yet such self-criticisms are not stopping their nations from being emerging economies neither are their talents from being mainstream in the US and West. (and they have plenty) This is what Philippine society does not understand, it tries to silence honest criticisms of it’s own culture as a whole. That’s not how great societies are made and that is what social role I aim to fill: that there’d be checks-and-balances of our own culture and norms. If other cultures see that we have these checks-and-balances and not hide and silence dissent, that is, a true democracy where court of public opinion is open to dissent and criticism instead of aggressively advertising ourselves with sanitized versions of what the Philippines is like, we won’t need any dedication to cultural expansionism and perceived greatness will come naturally as other cultures see the Philippines as a true democracy where dissent is allowed. These are what made the US, the UK, Germany, France and other democracies great nations, one of their main strengths is being societies that are open to criticisms even of itself.
In part, I’d like the platform I am establishing to appeal to Western culture, i.e., the US and West European nations, that currently have local icons in mainstream who represent Africans like Trevor Noah and Arabs like Mehdi Hasan (who I personally look up to), as well as Jews who’re much plentifully represented in their upper echelons of Western culture. But despite that, Philippine society has no such mainstream counterpart yet in those advanced societies. I envision the branding that fills that gap that represents our culture but understands how Western culture too is having characteristic of involving PWD rights and welfare advocacy with emphasis; recently, climate change advocacy has brought the Philippines and the US closer, I am seeing the potential of PWD sector interests to bring the Philippines and the West with even closer ties. That is why my personality and views are heavily predicated upon respect for Western culture, and platform I am building being in part an appeal to the West in general. My motivation underlying this lies in what I saw from personal experience in these years: Our own government isn’t enough help to members of the sector, that’s why my main focus is an appeal to the West and international society to attract state and non-state actors here to create programs for local PWD sector in the Philippines.
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How do you want to contribute to the Person with Disability community in the present, and in the future?
One of the reasons I’m establishing an internationally-suitable—especially Western democratic values-oriented—site is to reach differing demographics and hoping to be a medium and outlet to unite PWDs of differing cultural backgrounds to a common set of liberating values and principles for welfare of PWDs that can be shared no matter the region of the world where a Person With Disability lives, uniqueness of personal circumstances or individualism.
I’d like to educate on broad democratic values as “understanding” of such principles that will be among critical factors equally as important as existential, basic needs to PWDs. That will be a determinant of what will save PWDs as a whole and in the long-run; I do not want PWDs to remain not able to comprehend causes of disadvantages, inequality, discrimination, bullying, etc. where one stands in his or her social environment and nation, how society works both in the big picture and deep down, and a disabled person’s place in that society to answer why a disabled person’s rights should not be denied, because there are universal ethical principles and worldviews that ought to govern civil societies for the good of all. And when PWDs are made more aware and can comprehend more one’s individual experiences of injustices and collective, social anxiety, that then would manifest into public discourse with much effectivity and this will a significant catalyst of social change. Whenever something, whether material or immaterial, tangible or intangible, i.e. an event, craze, social issues (in being addressed), trend, etc. has surfaced into significance in public discourse, that is a determining factor that shapes direction of a culture that contains such public discourse into what it will become, how it changes it’s definition of it’s norms and other elements in it, how it updates what it encourages, permits and discourages. I see the necessity for the PWD community to be more philosophical and be vocal about it as that will greatly impact the situations of the community and it’s members especially in the long-run. That is why I wanna educate PWDs on differing philosophies in life, values of democracy so as to be able to understand more one’s struggles, hardships, and leverage that awareness for improvement of living conditions of Persons With Disability/s. This can be taught in Filipino and I’m looking forward to be able to start here in parallel with laying the groundwork to reach internationally across borders with my platform UV-Rays* which I had in mind being primarily predicated upon educating on understanding how to understand the workings of differing cultural factors which are among deep-seated causes of social injustices undermining condition of PWDs. But of course understanding democratic principles alone isn’t enough remedy for what conditions PWDs are experiencing now at present. There needs to be practical things done as well. This is why I am establishing UV-Rays*, as I hope the platform with connections abroad that I hope can be established alongside what it will turn into, that is, to uproot, to be a means to gather some funding for actionable civil programs, action-plans for improvement of PWDs starting from the Philippines and make sure through the platform for PWD sector’s interests and cause that it grows into that actions and programs done are making an impact and assured they reach who they’re supposed to benefit. Alongside educating on ethics and morals and democratic principles to make as much impact on ethical standards around the world as that promotion of public morals with that method as a major way would make for safer social environments for PWDs, with deeper adoption of universally accepted moral principles in different societies, thus indirectly benefiting PWDs throughout the world that reside or is a member citizen of that nation. I hope to educate on better comprehending our vulnerable and disadvantaged life and cultural experiences as such would also be a medium to express oneself and one’s views, struggles, hardships, difficulties, starting within Philippine society itself. That of course will involve directive for creation of seminars, tutorials, discussion groups when means and capabilities make so such service feasible. And as such programmes, aside from in part being an activism, online, are at least socialization process in itself that has potential to broaden perspective and learning of disabled individual.
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For you, what is an inclusive and barrier-free society?
The Philippines cannot go on in advertising it’s own culture to foreign societies while locally what’s happening is welfare of it’s marginalized members which includes PWDs and peasants are being left behind disadvantaged, i.e., excluded from progress of a whole nation. Aggressive nationalism (which the Philippines now is at the stage of doing, collectively) nowadays has negative implications, i.e., nationalism was the slogan of Hitler’s colonial exploits while many of it’s citizens is in local crises, nationalism is also among the justifications behind Russian insurgency of Ukraine weaponizing rationale of saving Russian-speaking population in it’s eastern borders. And while that’s happening ordinary Russian civilians who’re innocent from crime of Ukranian insurgency are suffering locally. The Philippines is at the same tage of national development at present that, in contrast, such colonialism is in a different form than classic ones, that is, in our collective promotion of our own culture we are being invasive of other cultures. But while that’s happening, locally at the undercurrents of culture marginalized members of our society which includes Persons With Disabilities are being left behind. When our society gets what it wants in advertising itself to other nationalities, marginalized members of society aren’t the beneficiaries of such collectivized pursuit but only to those who already have gained the system or are already thriving in it and that is because our culture is a socialism that is twisted in a way and which need to be addressed. Local economy has quite improved as compared to decades ago and many have improved standard of living that’s why the population collectively desires expansionism in promoting Filipino pride to other cultures for the benefit of the majority who already are beneficiaries of the socialism we have as norms, that is, socialism only for the benefit of them while welfare of the marginalized are excluded; those already benefiting from the system are granted the free will to attain more while on the other hand social barriers are metaphorically being placed around those who’re least in society to be suppressed, socio-economically and in different areas of life. The way our society with it’s twisted socialism is doing now is not what makes nations great. (At present I have my mind set to finding mediums where these deep social problems may be discussed, orally—as I need to practice verbally communicating these concepts before much bigger platforms open to giving voice to PWDs may eventually present itself; I want such to be public acknowledgement of pains and struggles of PWDs.)
An inclusive and barrier-free society, to me, looks like (1) a society where dissent that scrutinizes what are wrongs in our own culture are allowed without repercussions or negative reinforcement especially when such claims are legitimate. Thus, (2) there’s a norm with genuine freedom of speech and of expression from which (3) pains and struggles of PWDs as with other marginalized sectors are “acknowledged and met with compassion, not shamed.” The PWD sector can only significantly get such when we can make efforts to lobby into the court of public opinion bringing into public discourse—but most significantly mainstream—opening our pains and struggles as physically-challenged individuals for wider social validation, from that will spring ease with implementing concrete welfare policies that are helpful for PWDs. That is why I seek to go mainstream albeit I have eye-problems that may be observable when looked at closely; there’s no other way of significantly and concretely structuring large part of our culture and society, that is, according to what social change is sought in what the PWD sector may be bringing into public discourse every now and then but in fact only have temporary effects, dialogue in mainstream is necessary for shifting how our society treats of disabled individuals, whether in person or in the big picture.
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Based on your reading and understanding of the program’s objectives and activities, how do you think you will benefit from this leadership program?
[1] Where in any medium it can be proper that I'm expressing my interest in culture, democracy, some history, etc., I’m sure to share those into conversation and dialog when related to the point/s of conversation and appropriate to the circumstances, and this program, aside from helpfully reinforcing my awareness about leadership principles which I’d need—and any person desiring to pioneer something great or bigger achievement would likely also need—some formal ritual that is communal in nature and at the same time exactly where one’s leadership training will be, and it can be either formal or informal but competently structured. This program would be a venue where, in my participation, I may be able to share anecdotal perspective into for the benefit of everybody whenever I can, especially that fellow learners admitted into said program are likely to be working on leading on something purposeful for the PWD sector, therefore my potential part in maybe being able to contribute to better shaping foundations of their start-up. That is achievement for me as such parts of the PWD community are in the position that's critical for progress of the whole sector and it’s members. (My apologies if ever I’m writing in complicated manner thus far or in this item in the form, as I am heavily influenced by British- and European-style of writing philosophy and politics textbooks/publications; this is why I’m vocally practicing having dialogue with these such things that pose difficulty in communicating so that I can practice engaging these into dialogue but that’s more concise, understandable and suitable even to layman comprehension for listeners who’re not usually discussing about these things.)
[2] Accomplishing this program would definitely be very helpful in building my portfolio, thus, proof of competence when time comes I am that more capable to be able to engage in bigger platforms that seeks dialogue with the disability experience. Just like in every opportunity that’s mostly formally structured, I have this mindset of making efforts to make an impact in my participation. Aside from these, in particular regarding the access to PIN and KASALI afterward upon graduation from the program that's mentioned in this form and in social media invitation to join the program, [3] I am anticipating that such maybe part of what will be helpful in finding PWDs interested to do collaborations with the site-platform that I have in mind of seeking to be have partners in. Now it’s an indie medium and if I could have collaborators in the advocacy site since last year, it could have been filled with a lot of contents by now as I have quite a library of reserved and yet unpublished content ideas; I was still researching how to make a website the same time I’m recording my set of ideas for educational and advocacy content. I’d want that platform to be SEC-registered as an entity when it gets big so that it can issue official COE’s and certificates for PWDs that will be interns in it and become help that PWDs may add to what they may present into job applications, and of course it’s built for PWDs and I’d want it capable to be paid internship for PWDs. That site is a set of sites of varying fields and interests under one common framework called UV-Rays* and I am still on the process of creating orientation materials for collaborators on foundational values uniform among all the site under the framework, especially that these will have heavy emphasis on ethics, democracy and social justice, aside from PWD advocacy in part. First among these is UV-Rays* EVE on https://uvrayseve.blogspot.com/2022/11/income-for-persons-with-disability-pwd.html#onFacebookPost With partial inclusion of PWD advocacy in content on https://uvraysandre.blogspot.com/2022/12/remedying-us-democratic-struggles.html#pwd on UV-Rays* Andre and on https://uvrayseditorial.blogspot.com/2022/11/meta-poses-danger-to-writing-industry.html#pwd on UV-Rays* Editorial as another part of the framework
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You may use this space to share anything that you feel would help us get to know you better and your motivation to apply to the program.
[1] I am an advocate, too, of making societies drugs-free, of course but none of the EJK matters when really in existence; keeping within the bounds of social justice and rule of law is still a legitimizing factor for any advocacy of social concerns. Having mentioned “rule of law,” it is also among my foundational views. That is why I antagonize Putinism as among my main values—in fact coincidentally rejected by the West too—as that implies a culture that doesn't acknowledge the rule of law, for in such a state of anarchy neither are PWD rights acknowledged. (PWD rights are acknowledged in principles of rule of law and democracy. Such a culture of anarchy that has no sense of rule of law is also catalyzed by barbarism and gang culture influenced by illegal drugs activities (being interested in culture, I quite catalogued sampling of belief system and worldviews of those on drugs and assess such concerns that culture of narco-society as being inversely related to welfare of PWDs), and so my advocacy for drugs-free societies and nations.
[2] I want to be among those to advocate social change for more and more Person With Disability/s to have better life, socio-economically. And from that point on when the sector has already been able to solve many of the deep-seated problems experienced by it’s members, I envision PWDs—starting from the Philippines—with the ease of lesser troubles in life due to social change, sooner able to advocate not only for it’s own community’s interests but other marginalized communities and individuals as well. I wanna shape the sector into something that the public and this world perceives as not only centered on it’s own concerns but with social justice concerns beyond the core needs of the community, and through that be able prove our worth to humanity.
[3] I'm also motivated to shape a future where more PWDs are engaged in the field of writing; the sector will need more writers to advocate through such industry as that is yet much of an untapped medium for PWD rights and welfare advocacy. A lot can’t do that with ease but many in the community still should and must explore advocating in that avenue.
I know it would be difficult for a lot of disabled individuals to adjust and do these, but that is what a coach does: putting people out of their comfort zone in ways that facilitate growth and/or learning. But of course I have in mind preparing presentations for seminars that seek to empower and equip PWDs to learn the field, especially valuable information they don’t teach in schools.
I desired to be a writer from a decade ago and recently have I realized how it had been among the major factors which had shaped my life; I could have just written piece by piece anything I want to publish during those times I was socially deprived and can’t go with people I know on next big things what they’ve been up to. That’s a real writer’s life: you sacrifice going instead with activities of people you know just to finish writing manuscripts. That had contributed to my social deprivation back then, I got what I asked for. I had recently realized that had been very much like the life of a writer in the making. Sacrifices.
[4] Having lost my contacts due to certain events, I could have included in my character reference a mix of reference for (4a) civic participation (now just online due to restrictions of the previous pandemic when it was still very bad), (4b) web design or computer science background (as, of course my nature, I had been finding people to talk with platform-website I am trying to build), and (4c) a reference as regards history—as some knowledge on this is crucial in my interest in studying culture, including how cultural changes shifts into. Of course with the economic disadvantage of being afflicted with disability, I had been a drop-out of college course in Legal Management and it was difficult to be in between being able to graduate in college and finishing high school. Situations are difficult to control where my life went especially with those barriers I experienced in employment where you can either only be high school graduate or bearing a degree to be employed. That is in addition to difficulties of being employed as a PWD. So, as usual occurrence with disability experience, I didn’t know at that time where to really belong in a society made for physically-normal people to thrive in. I did try as an intern in government, I tried applying many jobs, I volunteered and participated in civic organizations, served in church, became a member in a political group that was eventually dissolved, got into skilled work, into sales and others, and saw differing social barriers and the procedural processes in culture that undermine the welfare of disabled individuals. I got from these immersions insights necessary in my interest in studying the dynamics of culture. In between these I tried to self-study on different subjects that are helpful to comprehending what had been happening to me. Pandemic came and that was when I fully committed to spreading awareness about how disabled individuals can make sense of and comprehend what’s happening in one’s physically-challenged life. That was how I got from not finishing Legal Management into an interest in history and cultural studies, web-design which I need to build a platform where I’d post my writings on and interest in civic participation.
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How will you engage your fellow Youth with Disability in the community Inclusion? If given a chance to organize a meaningful activity, what would it be?
The primary program I’ve always aspired for the sector to have are field trips with seminars in between the trips, will especially be helpful to PWDs with the learning that can be attained with the socialization process in it as with listening to seminars. A shared common experience is what strengthens ties of solidarity and understanding among participants of any collective group, i.e., the purpose underlying team-building occasions in employment, and why civic organizations that have regular gatherings of any form in person have longevity. Building a (1a) community for PWDs where each are educated and thus empowered will require this collective personal interaction that will convert into shared common experience/s and keep higher virtual engagement after physical participation, in contrast to how much easier it is to be dissociated when interactions are almost just online, most especially when there’s not any face value in one’s association into an entity.
Honestly, PWDs often lack the borderline degree of perspective that are minimal in physically-normal people and this is due to inherent socio-economic disadvantages that, in the first place, bar PWDs from attaining some level of enough socialization processes from which (competent) interpersonal and people-skills may be attained, thus the need for some level of (1b) varying immersion of disabled individuals into differing communities and places to have some growth of one’s horizons. And, wherefore, learning about broader things in life also comes from (1c) proper type of mediums for education and/or trainings like sitting down and participating in seminars, workshops and the like, therefore a venue that enhances personal assets that may be enhanced much further in cases of being differently-abled. These three combined into a field trip program for PWDs with seminars in between the trips I think will be an efficient program for disabled individuals that will be have more impact beyond the sum of these individual aspects’ value when done, implemented or achieved separately. Of course eligibility to such activity will be based on safety of the person included depending on manageability of one’s disability in the trip; and why not include volunteers from professions that will be needed in assisting through the trip like those in medical profession as safeguards when emergencies may come, but also in part for getting more people being personally immersed in the sector in being part of in assisting in programs for disabled people. Also equally important for considering into safety purposes is avoiding venues that are risky for safety, including when the route going to destination will include rides along roads aside cliffs as had happened in field trip buses that were headlined in news.
Either case, another baseline program I want for PWDs to have are (2) seminars and workshops for personality development. I realized this need that members of the sector should know about during time I once showed up in PWD gatherings with very residential settings; I desire the sector as a whole to indubitably be more honorable with knowledge about personality development; that will be very valuable for each learner's social growth and preparedness for economic progress, thus, source of more genuine confidence when the sector’s member’s life-circumstances improve. And it will do improve with campaign for PWD rights and welfare advocacy; my 2 years of individual campaigning in mediums I have access to (mostly local campaigning, a few are at international) have at least partially been gaining some results for local PWDs at present (I have interest in observing culture and quite tracking how our local society [norms] shifts into), and collective efforts of the community gradually towards these ends had been working and will continue to be and needs to be encouraged. Thus, the sector will need preparation of it’s members to.
