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Today the Disability Table was held, which has brought together almost fifty associations, federations and organizations of people with disabilities to share and make visible their work and effort throughout these months to face the pandemicThe Disability Table has brought together almost fifty groups today to share and make visible the work and effort that the associations, federations and organizations of people with disabilities have carried out throughout these months to face the resulting socio-health crisis of the pandemic."A group with enormous potential and a great capacity for adaptation, effort, commitment, vindication and constant struggle", highlighted the Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, who welcomed the participants of the Table of the Disability and has expressed "the unconditional support and commitment of the Murcia City Council with the entities that work in defense of the rights of people with disabilities and their families."For his part, the mayor of the Elderly, Disability and Development Cooperation, Paqui Pérez, has expressed his gratitude to all groups, people with disabilities and their families for "the priceless work they carry out and the tremendous adaptation effort they carry out.

daily, in a very special way, during these tough and complicated times of the pandemic.

"Accessibility PlanDuring the session, the head of the Department has transferred to the groups that next January the evaluation of the Accessibility Plan will be resumed, "which has been paralyzed these months due to the health crisis, having had to give priority to other actions ".

Universal accessibility is the maximum objective of all entities that work with people with disabilities, a historical claim that covers basic aspects such as mobility, communication and understanding and that today they have again demanded during the celebration of the Disability Table .Likewise, various proposals have been collected from the participating groups to see how the money from the Letizia Prize for Universal Accessibility is invested, worth 15,000 euros, which the Murcia City Council won in July 2019.

 BackgroundThe first session of the Disability Roundtable was held in November 2003, developing throughout 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009 various working commissions on economic, human resources, infrastructure, equipment and a series of proposals for the dissemination of information of interest to the different entities.It was in 2015 when the Disability Board resumed its activity as a tool for participation and the implementation of new joint work strategies between the Murcia City Council and representatives of the entities, associations and federations that work in the field of disability.

It is currently made up of 53 groups. 

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia