The Auditorio Victor Villegas in Murcia was the scene of the XIII Awards Gala Honors Social Commitment to Persons with Physical Disabilities and the Organization of the Region, which each year gives the Federation of Murcia People with Physical and Organic FAMDIF / COCEMFE, to mark the International Day of People with Disabilities.
In this gala were awarded the City Council and the Society Jumilla Jumilla waters.
By the local authority received the award the First Deputy Mayor Jesus Sanchez.
The event was attended by personalities from politics, as Rafael González Tovar, Government Delegate in Murcia, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Fulgencio Cervantes, Councillor for Health and Social Services City of Murcia, as well as regional deputies and directors Community General, and representatives of associations of the Region, and members of the entities within the Federation family and friends.
The awards, which aim to honor individuals and institutions that have excelled in their work on behalf of integration and normalization of people with physical and organic, fell this year in Juan Navarro Barba, Head of Service to Diversity the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment, Dr. Ramon Villaverde González, MS specialist neurologist at the Hospital Morales Messeguer, Broadcasting to the Region of Murcia, the Institute of Youth in the region and, together, the Hon.
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Prior to the recognition of these awards took place the delivery of the Third Edition of the National Research Award 'Diego Manzano López', which went to Rosa M ª Limiñana Gras, Francisco Javier Corbalan Berná and Maria Teresa Calvo full members of Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, University of Murcia, who were very excited to collect the prize for work 'Resilience and Disability: A positive approach to the study of parental adaptation in families of children with Spina Bifida. "
The gala began with the keynote address of Carmen Gil, President of FAMDIF / COCEMFE-Murcia, who thanked the attendees and recognized the winners, noting that "his work on behalf of people with disabilities represents for us a stimulus in the process of transformation of reality that promotes our social movement. "
Gil also referred to the historical demand of accessibility, indicating that "accessibility is not a subtle but lethal form of discrimination against persons with disabilities."
After recalling the figure of Diego Manzano and the importance of the prize that bears his name, the president of the Federation concluded by expressing the intention to "continue in our commitment to seek solutions to unlock the enormous potential that people with disabilities and their families we are obliged to contribute to society in which we live and we are part. "
In recognition, all the winners were grateful for the distinction received and positively evaluated the steps, little by little, they are advancing on the path toward normalization of persons with disabilities, stressing the need to continue working ensure that those steps are getting bigger.
The gala was also the musical performance by guitarist Carlos Cartagena Piñana with 'Flamenco Trilogy, "which enlivened the proceedings with their expertise to merge the three pillars of flamenco singing, guitar and dance, making the excitement of all those present .
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla