Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association is interested to extend help in recruiting autistic youth in the country’s ready-made garment sector.
“Like others, autistic people also should have a better and respectable life. To achieve this, BGMEA wants to help them get jobs in the RMG sector and provide related training,” BGMEA President Atiqul Islam told a dialogue held yesterday.
He sought cooperation from garment manufacturers in the matter, which could only add more glory to the industry. “Then we can utter ‘Made in Bangladesh’ with more pride. But it will be possible only when efforts are made together.”
Saima Wazed Hossain, chairperson of National Advisory Committee on Autism and NDDs, said urged all to think how autistic people could be turned into a workforce than recruiting one or two sporadically.
