An appeal to the Maldivan Government regarding the insurance package for all citizens.

We have read in the news lately that the Maldivian government is considering to introduce an insurance package for every citizen in the country. This is a great news, of course. However, our concern is how much will such a package cover treatment towards disabilities and other life-long treatments, when they are the ones who need is most. We are surprised as to why the Maldivian media is silent on this issue.

Hence, we call upon the Maldivian government not to neglect or forget about those special children in our country when they are planning to introduce a nation-wide insurance package, as these special children are also part of our society and they need more help and care than anyone else. Most of these children in our society gets no treatment at all due to lack of funds. One such example that surfaced on the papers lately is that of Thaa. Kinbidhoo. We strongly believe the child under question was in a treatable condition but enough could not be done due to lack of awareness as to the nature of treatment, but mostly due to lack of funds to analyse the cause and seek proper treatment.

We know few families who are seeking ABA therapy and Floortime therapy abroad while others are fending themselves with worries not knowing what to do with their autistic children.