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SEDRA launches UAEs first internship program for young adults with disabilities

In preparation for AccessAbilities Expo 2016, SEDRA Foundation the other day introduced the very first Internship Program for young adults with disabilities, which will run for the period of the Expo from February 9th-11th. With the great assistance of Info Salons Middle East & Turkey, this is the first time that individuals with disabilities have been consisted of in the ground operations.

AccessAbilities Exposition 2016 is being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Air travel Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline company and Group, with the goal of helping with inclusion and combination of more than 50 million individuals with impairments across the Middle East. The 3-day Expo is being arranged by Reed Exhibitions Middle East and Nadd AlShiba Public Relations & Occasion Management.

Reem Al Fahim, CEO of SEDRA Structure, an Abu Dhabi center for the most present research study and finest practices for the addition of persons with impairments, said "Internship programs are extremely important to develop occupation abilities of young adults with disabilities through real work life useful experiences that help them check out and enhance their unrealized abilities, self-confidence, and interpersonal skills leading the way to successful careers and self-reliance. An overall of 11 interns are participating in this program: 5 from Abu Dhabi and 6 from Dubai." Geared up with thorough abilities about interactions with customers obtained through the extreme tailored SEDRA training, they will work in a UAE Intern All Star Group.

SEDRA likewise supplied an impairment rules training for REED Exhibitions staff who are organizing and handling the Exposition. Committed to empowering individuals with impairments throughout the Expo and beyond, feedback from Reed personnel who attended the training was extremely positive with one REED employee stating "The greatest benefit was learning how not to restrict your understanding of individuals with disabilities.".

The impact of SEDRA's inclusive training is however not restricted to this occasion, but will resonate to all other occasions in the UAE by altering the technique and requirement for addition.

Information Salons Middle East & Turkey, a leading event technology business in the region and the registration partner of AccessAbilities Expo, is well aware of the requirement to encourage and involve people with disabilities in working environment. Details Salons will incorporate young grownups with disabilities in the onsite registration process at AccessAbilities Expo as a part of their Internship program, giving them the opportunity to experience real working conditions.

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