We Got Together at the Let's Overcome Disabilities Together Symposium!

We Got Together at the Let's Overcome Disabilities Together Symposium!

    The "Let's Overcome the Barriers Together Symposium", organized jointly by the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Disabled Student Unit, the student communities of our university and the Bağcılar Municipality Palace for the Disabled, was held on December 7, 2022 at the Reyhan Conference Hall of our university. The opening speeches of the program, which was organized to draw attention to the difficulties experienced by disabled people, were made by Prof. Dr. Nezihe Beji, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Mustafa Solak. Prof. Dr. Nezihe Beji and Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Mustafa Solak said "Research shows that people with disabilities have problems integrating with society. These problems, which start without naming the disability and spread to many areas of life, make it difficult for disabled people to live as a whole with the society they live in. Individuals who constantly struggle with problems and cannot produce meaningful solutions to them feel unhappy. This eliminates the individual's right to self-realization, which is a fundamental human right. This means low quality of life for people with disabilities. Let us not forget that there is no disabled person. There is an individual withstanding obstacles. Obstacles can be overcome if we act together." Biruni Dance Group then took the stage and showed a great performance with the dance show they prepared. The program continued with a lecture on "Being Disabled in Turkey" by a faculty member of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Prof. Dr. Uğur Cavlak, who spoke at the conference, touched upon the problems of the disabled people living in Turkey. He pointed out that most disabled people are even unaware of their rights.

    Following the conference, Gizem Varol, a visually impaired 2nd year student of Special Education Teaching at the Faculty of Education, performed her own compositions that caused emotional moments. After a short break, Prepared by the students of Şehit Murat Mertel Special Education Vocational School of Maltepe, "7 Colors 7 Regions musical" was met with great interest and all participants in the hall applaused to the musical performed by students with special needs.

     

    Music Recital of Bağcılar Municipality Palace for the Disabled attracted great attention

    Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Sevim Savaşer made the opening speech of the second session. Prof. Dr. Savaşer gave information about disability rates in Turkey and in the world, the number of disabled people participating in working life and the rights of disabled people. Then Hakan Türker Dulkadiroğlu, Acting Director of Health, Culture and Sports, made a presentation introducing our school. Dulkadiroğlu said, "Our university's efforts to continuously improve the technical and physical conditions necessary to ensure that our disabled students can reach the education, culture and sports areas in the campus environment without any problems have been deemed worthy of an award by YÖK. In 2022, our University was granted the Orange Flag Award in the category of "Accessibility in Space" and the Blue Flag Award in the category of "Accessibility in Social and Cultural Activities".

    Cengiz Paccı, Deputy Mayor of Bağcılar Municipality, made the opening speech of Bağcılar Municipality Palace for the Disabled. In his speech, he gave information about social municipalism and mentioned the works and projects they have realized for the disabled as Bağcılar Municipality. The music concert of Bağcılar Municipality Palace for the Disabled Music group, folk dances and interviews with National Athletes were very enjoyable. All students and faculty members in the hall accompanied the songs sung.
    After the enjoyable program, Faculty of Health Sciences and Education Faculty of Health Sciences and Faculty of Health Sciences moderated by Prof. Dr. Hülya Kayıhan Faculty academics Dr. Lecturer Başar Öztürk, Dr. Lecturer Ayşe Tuba Ceyhun, Specialist Kemal Koçak, Specialist Mert Anaral was the speaker "Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Biopsychosocial" panel. The event continued throughout the day and ended after the movie screening with the Biruni Cinema Society's "In Touchable"