80% of disabled persons employed in Qatar

Qatar has made remarkable progress in employing people with disabilities and their employment rate has reached 80% in government and private institutions.

Engineer Ahmed al-Mohannadi, vice chairman of the Voluntary Committee for Employing the Disabled, told Qatar TV’s Hayatna programme on Sunday that this could be achieved through collective efforts by the ministries and other entities concerned.Al-Mohannadi, also a trainer, noted that the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Labour, and Qatar Olympic Committee provide training to job aspirants with disabilities before they are employed. “We are thankful that most of the ministries and private companies tend to train the persons with disabilities in order to make them fit for the job,” he said, adding that the Voluntary Committee for Employing the Disabled also supports job seekers to get training. Al-Mohannadi noted that the employment rate could be increased if more efforts are taken. Recently he interacted with the public through a Twitter Spaces session while seeking suggestions about the rights and duties and measures to support and employ people with disabilities. The suggestions and recommendations include the necessity of employing psychologists in evaluating students with disabilities before they enter schools, interest in spreading awareness about the services provided to people with disabilities and the way to obtain them and and extending the period of renewal of parking permits for permanent disabilities as long as possible.