Director of Unison NGO Armen Alaverdyan said that people with disabilities need to be integrated into our society so that the society learns to treat them correctly.

“If people get used to seeing people with disabilities in all fields, their reaction will be rather adequate,” Alaverdyan told a press conference.

According to him, seeing a person with disabilities, people start feeling sorry what is absolutely unacceptable. “People with disabilities need assistance rather than compassion and indulgence,” said Alaverdyan.

However, he noted that a considerable step forward was taken in this matter in Armenia over recent years. People started treating people with disabilities more adequately.