1.0Jordan News Gazettehttps://jordannewsgazette.comjadminhttps://jordannewsgazette.com/author/jadmin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="huuajReSTy"><a href="https://jordannewsgazette.com/disabled-persons-in-jordan-number-1-2-million-official/">Disabled persons in Jordan number 1.2 million: official</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://jordannewsgazette.com/disabled-persons-in-jordan-number-1-2-million-official/embed/#?secret=huuajReSTy" width="600" height="338" title="“Disabled persons in Jordan number 1.2 million: official” — Jordan News Gazette" data-secret="huuajReSTy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Jordan is home to more than 1.2 million persons with disabilities, almost 15 percent of the overall population, an "alarming figure" whose causes need to be addressed.President of the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HCD) Pr...