Berita HArian
NAJIB bertanyakan sesuatu kepada G Muniswaran, 5 tahun yang mengalami kecacatan tulang belakang pada majlis pelancaran Kempen Intervensi Awal Mencegah Berlakunya Kecacatan Kanak-Kanak di Stadium Indera Mulia, Ipoh, semalam.
Cegah kecacatan anak peringkat awalOleh Jalal Ali Abdul Rahim dan Shamsul Kamal Amarudin
2011/05/04
Najib mahu maklumat faktor risiko disebar
IPOH: Datuk Seri Najib Razak berkata pengetahuan mencegah kecacatan kanak-kanak di peringkat awal perlu disebar luas ke seluruh anggota masyarakat, terutama ibu bapa bagi membolehkan masalah itu dirawat segera, sekali gus mengelak anak mengalami cacat sepanjang hayat sehingga mengorbankan masa depan mereka yang cerah.
Perdana Menteri berkata, ibu bapa perlu mengetahui faktor risiko yang boleh menyebabkan kanak-kanak mengalami kecacatan. Sebagai contoh, kegagalan memberi rawatan awal mudah dengan meletakkan ais pada dahi anak yang demam panas bagi menurunkan suhu, boleh mengakibatkan kesan kepada otak kanak-kanak berkenaan.
"Pencegahan awal atau intervensi awal maknanya pencegahan jangan berlaku sesuatu yang boleh membuat seseorang itu menjadi cacat.
"Peringkat kedua pula, Kementerian Kesihatan boleh hantar pakar ke sekolah mengesan sama ada seorang pelajar ada tanda-tanda awal menjadi autistik atau sindrom down atau apapun yang mungkin ibu bapanya menafikan (kecacatan), tetapi (jika) doktor dapat kesan dan kenal pasti (kecacatan), ibu bapa kenalah terima hakikat yang tidak boleh dinafikan," katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika melancarkan serentak Kempen Intervensi Awal Mencegah Berlakunya Kecacatan Kanak-Kanak, laman web kempen berkenaan, siri dokumentari 13 siri kisah kanak-kanak autisme bertajuk Jika Itu Takdirnya di TV1 bermula malam tadi serta penerbitan buku Manual Pencegahan Kecacatan Kanak-kanak di Stadium Indera Mulia di sini, semalam.
Kempen berkenaan adalah sebahagian program Semai Bakti anjuran Badan Amal dan Kebajikan Tenaga Isteri-Isteri (BAKTI) dengan kerjasama Kementerian Kesihatan.
Hadir sama, isteri Perdana Menteri yang juga Yang Dipertua BAKTI, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor; Timbalan Yang Dipertua BAKTI, Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman; Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir dan Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
Terdahulu, Rosmah menasihatkan ibu bapa supaya mengelak daripada sindrom penafian semata-mata kerana tidak dapat menerima hakikat kecacatan atau abnormaliti yang berlaku kepada anak mereka, sebaliknya mereka harus menerima kenyataan itu dan menganggap ia sebagai fitrah daripada Allah.
Katanya, apa yang penting ibu bapa seharusnya membawa anak untuk pemeriksaan awal kerana semakin lewat mereka dirawati, semakin sukar masalah itu diatasi.
Beliau berkata, pengalaman dari serata dunia menunjukkan program intervensi awal mampu membantu kanak-kanak autisme memaksimumkan potensi mereka dalam bidang tertentu seperti seni lukis, matematik, muzik dan seni.
2011/05/04
Najib mahu maklumat faktor risiko disebar
IPOH: Datuk Seri Najib Razak berkata pengetahuan mencegah kecacatan kanak-kanak di peringkat awal perlu disebar luas ke seluruh anggota masyarakat, terutama ibu bapa bagi membolehkan masalah itu dirawat segera, sekali gus mengelak anak mengalami cacat sepanjang hayat sehingga mengorbankan masa depan mereka yang cerah.
Perdana Menteri berkata, ibu bapa perlu mengetahui faktor risiko yang boleh menyebabkan kanak-kanak mengalami kecacatan. Sebagai contoh, kegagalan memberi rawatan awal mudah dengan meletakkan ais pada dahi anak yang demam panas bagi menurunkan suhu, boleh mengakibatkan kesan kepada otak kanak-kanak berkenaan.
"Pencegahan awal atau intervensi awal maknanya pencegahan jangan berlaku sesuatu yang boleh membuat seseorang itu menjadi cacat.
"Peringkat kedua pula, Kementerian Kesihatan boleh hantar pakar ke sekolah mengesan sama ada seorang pelajar ada tanda-tanda awal menjadi autistik atau sindrom down atau apapun yang mungkin ibu bapanya menafikan (kecacatan), tetapi (jika) doktor dapat kesan dan kenal pasti (kecacatan), ibu bapa kenalah terima hakikat yang tidak boleh dinafikan," katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika melancarkan serentak Kempen Intervensi Awal Mencegah Berlakunya Kecacatan Kanak-Kanak, laman web kempen berkenaan, siri dokumentari 13 siri kisah kanak-kanak autisme bertajuk Jika Itu Takdirnya di TV1 bermula malam tadi serta penerbitan buku Manual Pencegahan Kecacatan Kanak-kanak di Stadium Indera Mulia di sini, semalam.
Kempen berkenaan adalah sebahagian program Semai Bakti anjuran Badan Amal dan Kebajikan Tenaga Isteri-Isteri (BAKTI) dengan kerjasama Kementerian Kesihatan.
Hadir sama, isteri Perdana Menteri yang juga Yang Dipertua BAKTI, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor; Timbalan Yang Dipertua BAKTI, Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman; Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir dan Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
Terdahulu, Rosmah menasihatkan ibu bapa supaya mengelak daripada sindrom penafian semata-mata kerana tidak dapat menerima hakikat kecacatan atau abnormaliti yang berlaku kepada anak mereka, sebaliknya mereka harus menerima kenyataan itu dan menganggap ia sebagai fitrah daripada Allah.
Katanya, apa yang penting ibu bapa seharusnya membawa anak untuk pemeriksaan awal kerana semakin lewat mereka dirawati, semakin sukar masalah itu diatasi.
Beliau berkata, pengalaman dari serata dunia menunjukkan program intervensi awal mampu membantu kanak-kanak autisme memaksimumkan potensi mereka dalam bidang tertentu seperti seni lukis, matematik, muzik dan seni.
New Straits Times
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, with Bakti president Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor beside him, talking to G. Muniswaran, 5, from the Buntong community rehabilitation centre. The boy suffers from spina bifida hydrocephalus . — NST picture by Ikhwan Munir
PM: Don't be ashamed of disabled children
2011/05/04
By M. Husairy Othman and P. Chandra Sagaran
[email protected]
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, with Bakti president Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor beside him, talking to G. Muniswaran, 5, from the Buntong community rehabilitation centre. The boy suffers from spina bifida hydrocephalus . — NST picture by Ikhwan MunirIPOH: Parents with disabled children have been advised not to feel ashamed or adopt a could-not-care-less attitude, but instead seek help from the local community rehabilitation centres. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, in making this call, said despite the success of such establishments, there were still parents of disabled children who had not approached any of the country's 428 rehabilitation centres.
"Parents should not be ashamed if they have disabled children as it has been proven by experts that they, too, have the potential to become productive individuals who can contribute to society with the proper guidance and training.
"To date, about 14,000 of these special children are being trained, guided and taught living skills so that they can be independent upon reaching adulthood while another 4,500 are being assisted and guided by officials from these centres through house calls."
He said the government had allocated RM218 million under the 2011 Budget for the benefit of the 80,000 disabled people in the country.
"Apart from this, those undergoing rehabilitation programmes at rehabilitation centres are also paid a RM150 monthly allowance."
Najib said this when launching the early intervention campaign to prevent disability among children at Indera Mulia Stadium here yesterday.
The campaign is part of the Semai Bakti programme carried out by the Association for Wives of Cabinet Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti) for the disabled since April 2005.
"Parents must also understand and know the factors which can lead to disabilities among their children.
"For instance, when a child suffers from high fever, the simple act of placing ice packs on the forehead can bring down the fever.
"If it is not treated at the initial stage, the child may suffer from a permanent disability and face a bleak future for the rest of his life. Acquiring knowledge can bring about positive changes in this aspect."
Najib commended the manual on information on early intervention to avoid disabilities among children distributed to the public by Bakti and the Health Ministry.
Bakti president Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor said the campaign's main aim was to create awareness among parents that autistic children had the potential to lead normal lives.
"This intervention campaign also aims to prepare these autistic children for formal schooling and train them to be independent.
"With the slogan 'Prevention is easier than curing', we hope this campaign will increase the public's knowledge on the early signs of disabilities among children."
Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said being disabled did not mean that one could not succeed in life.
He cited the case of Stephen William Hawking, an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances had made him an academic celebrity despite being severely disabled by a motor neurone disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Read more: PM: Don't be ashamed of disabled children http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/2paras/Article/#ixzz1LLtVqB4V
2011/05/04
By M. Husairy Othman and P. Chandra Sagaran
[email protected]
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, with Bakti president Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor beside him, talking to G. Muniswaran, 5, from the Buntong community rehabilitation centre. The boy suffers from spina bifida hydrocephalus . — NST picture by Ikhwan MunirIPOH: Parents with disabled children have been advised not to feel ashamed or adopt a could-not-care-less attitude, but instead seek help from the local community rehabilitation centres. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, in making this call, said despite the success of such establishments, there were still parents of disabled children who had not approached any of the country's 428 rehabilitation centres.
"Parents should not be ashamed if they have disabled children as it has been proven by experts that they, too, have the potential to become productive individuals who can contribute to society with the proper guidance and training.
"To date, about 14,000 of these special children are being trained, guided and taught living skills so that they can be independent upon reaching adulthood while another 4,500 are being assisted and guided by officials from these centres through house calls."
He said the government had allocated RM218 million under the 2011 Budget for the benefit of the 80,000 disabled people in the country.
"Apart from this, those undergoing rehabilitation programmes at rehabilitation centres are also paid a RM150 monthly allowance."
Najib said this when launching the early intervention campaign to prevent disability among children at Indera Mulia Stadium here yesterday.
The campaign is part of the Semai Bakti programme carried out by the Association for Wives of Cabinet Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti) for the disabled since April 2005.
"Parents must also understand and know the factors which can lead to disabilities among their children.
"For instance, when a child suffers from high fever, the simple act of placing ice packs on the forehead can bring down the fever.
"If it is not treated at the initial stage, the child may suffer from a permanent disability and face a bleak future for the rest of his life. Acquiring knowledge can bring about positive changes in this aspect."
Najib commended the manual on information on early intervention to avoid disabilities among children distributed to the public by Bakti and the Health Ministry.
Bakti president Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor said the campaign's main aim was to create awareness among parents that autistic children had the potential to lead normal lives.
"This intervention campaign also aims to prepare these autistic children for formal schooling and train them to be independent.
"With the slogan 'Prevention is easier than curing', we hope this campaign will increase the public's knowledge on the early signs of disabilities among children."
Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said being disabled did not mean that one could not succeed in life.
He cited the case of Stephen William Hawking, an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances had made him an academic celebrity despite being severely disabled by a motor neurone disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Read more: PM: Don't be ashamed of disabled children http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/2paras/Article/#ixzz1LLtVqB4V
Utusan Malaysia
Najib Tun Razak bermesra dengan kanak-kanak OKU, G. Muniswaran,5, dari Persatuan Pemulihan Komuniti Buntong sambil diperhatikan oleh Rosmah Mansor dan Zambry Abd. Kadir di Stadium Indera Mulia, Ipoh, semalam. - UTUSAN/Najib Mohd. Nor
Elak risiko anak cacat kekal Najib Tun Razak bermesra dengan kanak-kanak OKU, G. Muniswaran,5, dari Persatuan Pemulihan Komuniti Buntong sambil diperhatikan oleh Rosmah Mansor dan Zambry Abd. Kadir di Stadium Indera Mulia, Ipoh, semalam. - UTUSAN/Najib Mohd. Nor
IPOH 3 Mei - Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, ibu bapa perlu memahami punca kepada risiko yang boleh menyebabkan berlaku kecacatan dalam kalangan anak-anak.
Menurutnya, pemahaman awal terhadap punca itu akan membolehkan tindakan pencegahan dilakukan segera, sekali gus dapat mengelak sebarang risiko kecacatan kepada anak-anak.
Beliau menarik perhatian, ada ketikanya, tindakan yang perlu dilakukan bagi mengelak kepada berlakunya risiko kecacatan itu sangat mudah.
''Sebagai contoh, jika suhu badan anak kita tinggi kerana demam, terapi untuk menurunkan suhu badan tersebut sangat mudah iaitu dengan hanya meletakkan seketul ais di kepala.
''Tetapi jika kita tidak sedar dan tidak ada pengetahuan, ia boleh memberi kesan buruk kerana demam panas pada tahap tinggi boleh menyebabkan kecacatan sepanjang hayat," katanya.
Perdana Menteri berkata demikian ketika berucap merasmikan Program Semai Bakti, Kempen Intervensi Awal Mencegah Berlakunya Kecacatan Kepada Kanak-Kanak anjuran Badan Amal dan Kebajikan Tenaga Isteri-isteri Menteri dan Timbalan Menteri (Bakti) di Stadium Indera Mulia, di sini hari ini.
Hadir sama Yang Dipertua Bakti, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor; Naib Yang Dipertua Bakti, Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman; Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir dan isteri, Datin Seri Saripah Zulkifli serta Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
Najib berkata, keupayaan serta keperluan ibu bapa untuk menguasai ilmu mencegah kecacatan awal sangat penting demi perkembangan anak-anak.
Sehubungan itu, beliau memuji langkah Bakti menerbitkan Buku Manual Panduan Pencegahan Kecacatan Kanak-Kanak dan berharap sektor swasta dapat bekerjasama dengan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) menerbitkan lebih banyak buku manual seumpama itu.
Sementara itu, Najib memberitahu, sejak Program Semai Bakti dilancarkan pada 2005, seramai 14,000 kanak-kanak istimewa telah menerima latihan di 428 pusat Pemulihan Dalam komuniti (PDK) dan hampir 4,500 lagi menerima latihan daripada petugas PDK di rumah masing-masing.
''Di sebalik kejayaan pusat PDK ini, saya percaya terdapat lagi kanak-kanak istimewa yang belum diketengahkan oleh ibu bapa, mungkin disebabkan perasan malu atau mengambil sikap berserah.
''Sewajarnya perasaan sedemikian tidak harus wujud kerana berdasarkan pendapat pakar perubatan, kanak-kanak kelainan upaya ini berpotensi diberikan latihan, didikan dan bimbingan bagi membolehkan mereka menjadi individu produktif dan berupaya menyumbang kepada masyarakat dan negara," katanya
IPOH 3 Mei - Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, ibu bapa perlu memahami punca kepada risiko yang boleh menyebabkan berlaku kecacatan dalam kalangan anak-anak.
Menurutnya, pemahaman awal terhadap punca itu akan membolehkan tindakan pencegahan dilakukan segera, sekali gus dapat mengelak sebarang risiko kecacatan kepada anak-anak.
Beliau menarik perhatian, ada ketikanya, tindakan yang perlu dilakukan bagi mengelak kepada berlakunya risiko kecacatan itu sangat mudah.
''Sebagai contoh, jika suhu badan anak kita tinggi kerana demam, terapi untuk menurunkan suhu badan tersebut sangat mudah iaitu dengan hanya meletakkan seketul ais di kepala.
''Tetapi jika kita tidak sedar dan tidak ada pengetahuan, ia boleh memberi kesan buruk kerana demam panas pada tahap tinggi boleh menyebabkan kecacatan sepanjang hayat," katanya.
Perdana Menteri berkata demikian ketika berucap merasmikan Program Semai Bakti, Kempen Intervensi Awal Mencegah Berlakunya Kecacatan Kepada Kanak-Kanak anjuran Badan Amal dan Kebajikan Tenaga Isteri-isteri Menteri dan Timbalan Menteri (Bakti) di Stadium Indera Mulia, di sini hari ini.
Hadir sama Yang Dipertua Bakti, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor; Naib Yang Dipertua Bakti, Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman; Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir dan isteri, Datin Seri Saripah Zulkifli serta Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
Najib berkata, keupayaan serta keperluan ibu bapa untuk menguasai ilmu mencegah kecacatan awal sangat penting demi perkembangan anak-anak.
Sehubungan itu, beliau memuji langkah Bakti menerbitkan Buku Manual Panduan Pencegahan Kecacatan Kanak-Kanak dan berharap sektor swasta dapat bekerjasama dengan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) menerbitkan lebih banyak buku manual seumpama itu.
Sementara itu, Najib memberitahu, sejak Program Semai Bakti dilancarkan pada 2005, seramai 14,000 kanak-kanak istimewa telah menerima latihan di 428 pusat Pemulihan Dalam komuniti (PDK) dan hampir 4,500 lagi menerima latihan daripada petugas PDK di rumah masing-masing.
''Di sebalik kejayaan pusat PDK ini, saya percaya terdapat lagi kanak-kanak istimewa yang belum diketengahkan oleh ibu bapa, mungkin disebabkan perasan malu atau mengambil sikap berserah.
''Sewajarnya perasaan sedemikian tidak harus wujud kerana berdasarkan pendapat pakar perubatan, kanak-kanak kelainan upaya ini berpotensi diberikan latihan, didikan dan bimbingan bagi membolehkan mereka menjadi individu produktif dan berupaya menyumbang kepada masyarakat dan negara," katanya
The Star
Happy to meet you: Najib greeting five-year-old G. Muniswaran at the launch of the early intervention campaign at Indera Mulia Stadium in Ipoh yesterday. Looking on is Muniswaran’s father K. Ganeson (in blue batik shirt).
Wednesday May 4, 2011
Support special kids from an early age, PM urges parents
By SYLVIA LOOI
[email protected]
IPOH: Parents must recognise the potential in their special children and provide them with the necessary support from an early age, said the Prime Minister.
“Medical experts have said that special children have potential. All they need is education and guidance to enable them to become productive individuals,” said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He also urged parents to register their special children with community rehabilitation centres.
Najib said in Budget 2011, the Government had allocated RM218mil for the disabled.
Happy to meet you: Najib greeting five-year-old G. Muniswaran at the launch of the early intervention campaign at Indera Mulia Stadium in Ipoh yesterday. Looking on is Muniswaran’s father K. Ganeson (in blue batik shirt). Parents, he added, must equip themselves with knowledge that could help prevent their children from developing permanent physical or mental disabilities.
“If a child has a high fever, for instance, and we fail to take the necessary steps to lower the body temperature, it could lead to him or her being disabled for life.
“The easiest method is to place an ice pack on the child's forehead, but not many parents are aware of such remedial actions,” he said at the launch of an early intervention campaign at the Indera Mulia Stadium here yesterday.
Also present was his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor in her capacity as president of the Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti).
In her speech earlier, Rosmah said autistic children possessed high levels of imagination and were capable of performing certain skills with speed and accuracy.
She urged parents to nurture the special gifts of their children, adding that parents of special children should not wallow in regret or self-pity.
On the early intervention campaign, Rosmah said it was a joint effort bet-ween Bakti, Perak government, charities and the private sector.
“The programme prepares autistic children for formal schooling,” she added.
Besides talks on autism, there is also a 13-episode documentary which made its debut on TV1 at 9.30pm yesterday.
Support special kids from an early age, PM urges parents
By SYLVIA LOOI
[email protected]
IPOH: Parents must recognise the potential in their special children and provide them with the necessary support from an early age, said the Prime Minister.
“Medical experts have said that special children have potential. All they need is education and guidance to enable them to become productive individuals,” said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He also urged parents to register their special children with community rehabilitation centres.
Najib said in Budget 2011, the Government had allocated RM218mil for the disabled.
Happy to meet you: Najib greeting five-year-old G. Muniswaran at the launch of the early intervention campaign at Indera Mulia Stadium in Ipoh yesterday. Looking on is Muniswaran’s father K. Ganeson (in blue batik shirt). Parents, he added, must equip themselves with knowledge that could help prevent their children from developing permanent physical or mental disabilities.
“If a child has a high fever, for instance, and we fail to take the necessary steps to lower the body temperature, it could lead to him or her being disabled for life.
“The easiest method is to place an ice pack on the child's forehead, but not many parents are aware of such remedial actions,” he said at the launch of an early intervention campaign at the Indera Mulia Stadium here yesterday.
Also present was his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor in her capacity as president of the Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti).
In her speech earlier, Rosmah said autistic children possessed high levels of imagination and were capable of performing certain skills with speed and accuracy.
She urged parents to nurture the special gifts of their children, adding that parents of special children should not wallow in regret or self-pity.
On the early intervention campaign, Rosmah said it was a joint effort bet-ween Bakti, Perak government, charities and the private sector.
“The programme prepares autistic children for formal schooling,” she added.
Besides talks on autism, there is also a 13-episode documentary which made its debut on TV1 at 9.30pm yesterday.