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Show Utah Handicapped Map Organizations Riley Helms, national president presi-dent and founder of the Disabled Citizens of America, Inc., a nonprofit non-profit organizatoin, speaking in Salt Lake City last week to help build chapters of the DCA, outlined out-lined the proposed objectives as follows: "The purpose of this organization organiza-tion is to help rehabilitate, employ em-ploy and encourage the handicapped handi-capped to participate in social activities and live a more normal and successful life. The trainine is free to all physically handicapped handi-capped persons. Today there are over 2,000 handicapped persons depending upon the tax payers for their daily needs here in Utah, and many who are depending upon their families, friends and relatives rela-tives for their welfare. Our program pro-gram is to help each other to help ourselves. "We have our state charter and are ready to go. Our goal now is to contact all persons interested in the handicapped world, and to get chapters organized in the state. Our aims are to get a building site and our own building build-ing for multiple uses such as factory fac-tory work, manufacturing, making mak-ing hobbies into profitable occupations, occu-pations, developing ideas and on the job training. Occupational therapy is much more interesting interest-ing when a group of handicaps get together; the competition makes it fun while you work. "A national magazine is published pub-lished quarterly, keeping us posted on all new developments in equipment, individual progress prog-ress and beneficial information to all. "There are no strangers in our organization; we are all handicapped han-dicapped and are having or have had our problems, desires, and wishes. By working together and helping each other there are no limits to what we can accomplish. accom-plish. "If you are one of these persons per-sons or if you know of someone who is handicapped or anyone who is interested in our program, pro-gram, our next meeting will be held Feb. 8:00 at 8 p.m. Please write to the Disabled Citizens of America; Inc., 3652 Aurora Cir., Salt Lake City 17, Utah, or call CR 7-4012 for more information. i i |