Ensure independent living centres meet disabled persons' needs, says activist

The government has been urged to ensure that grants given to set up independent living facilities in Malaysia will be fully utilised to meet the needs of its target group.

Disabled activist Anthony Thanasayan told Malaysiakini that the concept of independent living centres (ILCs) in the US and Japan was initially targeted at quadriplegics, or people who are paralysed from the neck down...