GAZA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- It has never been rare that the disabled would encounter all sorts of psychological problems, and more often than not no easy solutions could be found.
Now, a group of specialists in the Gaza Strip have begun to use music as a psychiatric therapy in an attempt to cure the problems that are hidden deep down in the hearts of those who think they are different from the ordinary, but actually are not.
Shiren Wahiedi Wholesale Houston Astros Jerseys , a 16-year-old handicapped girl from Gaza, showed enthusiasm and joy while warbling merrily amid applause from her disabled colleagues who were also receiving music psychiatric therapy for the first time in the Gaza Strip.
Wahiedi and dozens of other disabled children usually go to the National Center for Community Rehabilitation in Gaza city for music therapy, trying to get out of their miserably psychological situation they have been passing through.
Wahiedi suffers hemiplegics since she was born. She said the music therapy at the center helps her integrate into the community and the school she goes to.
As soon as Wahiedi heard about the center several months ago, she decided to come here, and try the special therapy. She said she used to feel isolated, but now she can live a normal life.
The girl said the disabled people not only in Gaza, but all over the world should practice their life normally and should play their roles in the society. ""I hope our society would one day be able to change its opinion toward disabled and handicapped people Wholesale Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Jerseys ,"" she said.
In Gaza, there are 50,000 disabled people, who represent three percent of the 1.8 million population. The rise in the number of disabled people over the recent years in the coastal enclave is in large part due to rounds of Israeli military campaign against the Strip.
Abdul Aziz Belbesi is 11 years old. He was injured during an Israel-Hamas conflict on Gaza many in 2009 that killed over 1,500 Palestinians. He later became hemiplegic because of his injuries.
For the past several months Wholesale Los Angeles Dodgers Jerseys , he has been under the music therapy at the center. ""The center and the sessions make us feel better and we never feel that we are disabled. I feel I'm as sound as I was born,"" he said.
Belbesi like playing drums. ""After joining the center, I began to feel that we are all normal like other people,"" he said.
""I'm really glad that I'm here in the center because now I feel I'm doing something I like and something good,"" Belbesi said Wholesale Miami Marlins Jerseys , noting that ""Before I joined the center, I have been staying at home for most of the time doing nothing. The center offers us lots of activities, including music and painting.""
Most of the disabled people who are at the center agreed that the psychiatric therapy by music and other activities is the best type of therapy for the disabled and handicapped people, because it makes them happy.
The therapists and musicians in the center said that the project is successful as most of the students can interact in the sessions and that they can sense positive results from the attitude of the children attending the music classes.
The project team has been working to provide opportunities for students to express their creativity.
Wael Abu Rezek, director of the center Wholesale Milwaukee Brewers Jerseys , told Xinhua that its program has three goals: therapy, entertainment and discovering children's musical talents.
""We want to form a musical band with these students to prove to everyone that people with disability can do anything,"" he said.
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WASHINGTON, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Regular use of aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) can reduce most people's colorectal cancer risk but a few individuals with rare genetic variants do not share this benefit, a study suggested Tuesday.
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BUCHAREST, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Moldova's President Igor Dodon on Tuesday signed the decree on dismissal of the Defense Minister Anatol Salaru.
""The document enters into force today. The government is to submit another candidate to president in order to appoint a new minister,"" President's political adviser and spokesman Ion Ceban was quoted as saying by official Moldpres news agency.
The president accused Salaru of being ""coquetted"" with NATO on his social media account.
He also described Salaru's attempt to end the country's neutrality status as a ""provocation.""
Before the dismissal, Salaru had lost the support from the Liberal Party, which he belongs to.
The party's national council dismissed Salaru from the post of the first deputy head of the party in the middle of December.
President Igor Dodon took the office last Friday. Running on the Party of Socialists ticket, Dodon won the presidential runoff on Nov. 13 with 52.18 percent of the vote.