MAKÜ The Disabled Student Unit Coordination organized an event within the scope of "May 10-16 Disability Week". The event held in our university's Conference and Exhibition Hall began with a moment of silence and the reading of the National Anthem. The program continued with opening speeches, where the first speaker was the Coordinator of the Disabled Student Unit, Assoc. Dr. Elif Top.
Top stated in her speech that Disability Week is an important opportunity to draw attention to the challenges faced by individuals with special needs, to emphasize their equal rights in society, and to raise awareness. She expressed that through this week, each of us has a responsibility to understand the barriers they face in their daily lives and to help them overcome these barriers in order to improve the lives of individuals with special needs and promote equality in society.
Later, speeches were made regarding the significance of the day by Fatih Sayar, Secretary of the Social Sciences Vocational School, İsmail Çevikbaş, President of the Accessible Living Academy Association, and Prof. Dr. Ümit Şahbaz, Head of the Special Education Department of the Faculty of Education.
The program continued with a folk dance performance by the students of Şehit Hakan Aktürk Special Education Vocational School and a music recital presented by Selcan Ağlaşan from the Faculty of Education's Music Education Department, along with Yunus Can, who works at MAKÜ. The program concluded with a visit to the handicrafts exhibition of the students of Şehit Hakan Aktürk Special Education Vocational School.
