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Disability affects lone the body, not the mind, and it does not travel successful the mode of talent, said NTR District Collector G. Lakshmisha.
The Collector was speaking aft inaugurating sports competitions, organised for differently-abled connected the juncture of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, astatine the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation (IGMC) Stadium successful Vijayawada, connected Thursday.
After interacting with the participants, the Collector said persons with disabilities person stronger intelligence resilience than able-bodied individuals. Citing the caller triumph of the Indian squad successful the archetypal T20 Blind Cricket World Cup arsenic an example, the Collector said anyone tin execute occurrence if they person due support.
He said specified tournaments bring retired a person’s hidden endowment to the fore and urged differently-abled persons to not see their disabilities arsenic limitations and alternatively absorption connected what they tin achieve.
The competitions are being organised by the Department of Welfare of Persons with Disabilities, Transgender Persons, and Senior Citizens. District Assistant Director of the department, V. Kamaraju, said competitions were being held for men and women, some inferior and senior, successful assorted categories specified arsenic chess, carroms, softball, volleyball, running, tricycle race, changeable put, and discus throw. He mentioned that much than 300 participants from assorted schools crossed the territory were taking portion successful the competitions.
