The government is committed to improving the quality of life of its citizens, especially those affected by road accidents. The Ministry of Land Transport opens the doors to applications aimed at financial support for aids. With this step, the government hopes to have a positive impact on the lives of disabled road traffic victims.
To everyone with the heart in the right place (reader's submission)
For 13 years, a loving couple has cared for their disabled nephew, who now attends a special school in Sattahip. Despite the school's dedication to around 100 children, it receives little government support. From food donations to financial contributions, any form of help can make a difference in the lives of these children.
I have a serious physical disability and use an electric wheelchair. Need help with all daily things, eating, drinking, dressing to toilet, showering and guidance while traveling to and in Thailand.
Thailand has over 70 million inhabitants, probably including many disabled people. You just rarely see them. Are these people deliberately withdrawn from the street scene? Are there special homes for the disabled? Workshops? Special living arrangements?
Visiting Pattaya with a wheelchair (video)
Here on Thailand blog, the question is regularly asked whether Pattaya is also accessible for the disabled, such as people in a wheelchair or a mobility scooter. This video shows that this is certainly possible.
Swimming pool lift for the disabled in Thailand wanted
We always enjoy reading Thailandblog. Since so many people do, I thought I'd just ask if anyone knows of a manufacturer or distributor of mobile pool lifts for the disabled for sale in Pattaya or Thailand? Either new or second hand.
Blind and multiple handicapped
There are times when you can count yourself lucky. You are reasonably healthy yourself and so is your family. This was going through my head when I visited the 'School for the blind with multiple disabilities' in Cha Am.
Can you advise me? Am disabled and would still like to go to Thailand on holiday. By disabled I mean an upper leg amputation, so I can't walk very far. In the meantime I have a friend who comes there regularly, that he has not yet seen a scooter there.
Am now in Thailand in Sam Roi Yot. Here I met a single woman of 27. She has an 11-year-old daughter and a severely handicapped 8-year-old son. He lies on a mattress on the floor all day and is often ill. Mother drives home on her scooter every 2 hours to give him soy milk. I just brought diapers and milk to her.
Somchit is not giving up
What do you do if you first lose one leg and then the other? Are you going to mope in a corner? Somchit Duangtakham (62) took up gardening and he encourages fellow sufferers.
Reader question: On holiday to Pattaya with a physical disability, what options are there?
A friend of mine with a physical disability would like to make a trip from Belgium to Pattaya.
Action: 40 wheelchairs for the disabled in Prachuap Khiri Khan
The wheelchair project for the mentally and physically disabled in the shelter in Prachuap Khiri Khan is starting to take shape. An inventory shows that 40 residents have a great need for a wheelchair. The current ones are worn out to the thread, while many residents of this 'Home for the Destitute' can barely move around the site without such a means of transport.
News from Thailand – January 21, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Rohingya refugees not welcome in Rayong
• Schools refuse disabled children
• Suvarnabhumi ground crew strike ended
A luxury hotel with attention for the disabled
“A hotel is a hotel, many rooms plus all kinds of facilities for the guests,” says Mr. Somchai, managing director of the A-One Hotel Group, “but we wanted it different this time. Everyone should be able to feel at home in our hotel and we also wanted to do something special for people with disabilities”.
Roller Holiday in Hua Hin?
Freely translated: rolling holiday. What should you consider (especially in Thailand)? We are of course talking about a wheelchair holiday! Sometimes I think if I were in a wheelchair, would I still be able to go on holiday to a distant country? In Europe that would not be a problem at all, the facilities there are sufficient for our wheelchair fellow human beings. But when I look at a distant country and especially Thailand, that is …