Calls Children With Special Needs Have Strengths, Chairperson Of PIA Muspurdirla: They Are Great Children

Visit of the DIY World Community No Longer Silence (DTLS) at the Yogyakarta Muspusdirla Mini Theater, Sunday, July 24 (Photo via Antara/document Adisutjipto Air Base)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Association of Wives Members (PIA) Ardhya Garini Central Museum of the Indonesian Air Force Dirgantara Mandala (Muspusdirla) Adisutjipto Air Base Yogyakarta Sri Yuto Nugroho said every child has advantages, including children with special needs. In addition, all children also have potential talents and interests.

For that, he urges parents to direct their children to grow up with high confidence and optimism.

He also said that National Children's Day, which is celebrated every July 23, could be a holiday for all children in Indonesia, including children with special needs.

"It is the duty of parents and those around them to direct children with special needs to optimize their strengths so that they can be useful, at least for themselves and for the surrounding environment. They are great children," said PIA Chair Muspurdirla, as reported by Antara. , Sunday, July 24.

Meanwhile, the Founder of the Yogyakarta Special Region DTLS Community (DIY) Nana Nawangsari said the visit to the Yogyakarta Muspusdirla was packaged in a "Family Gathering" and was attended by 121 people.

"In addition to commemorating National Children's Day, the 'Family Gathering' is also intended as a gathering place for families who have children with hearing loss. The participants are not only from Yogyakarta, but also from Solo Raya and several cities in East Java," he said.

While at Muspusdirla, the children of the DTLS Community were invited to tour the collection of various airplanes, and to enliven the event, they sang together, read poetry, and watched the Jupiter Aerobatic Team attraction film at the Mini Theatre.

He added, until now there are 5,000 DTLS Community members from all over Indonesia, there are even members from Malaysia.

The Head of the TNI AU Dirgantara Mandala Central Museum, Colonel Sus Yuto Nugroho, welcomed the DTLS Community Family Gathering activity held at Muspusdirla.

According to him, the visit and watching together with the DTLS Community is a form of Muspusdirla's concern for children with special needs.