KOCHI: She had lost her eyesight ten years ago. However, she did not allow impairment to hamper her from having a career and a normal life. A doctor, Reshmi Pramod’s life took a disastrous plunge when she was detected with macular degeneration, a disease causing vision loss and blindness soon after she started her practice.
An organisation working for the help and rehabilitation of the physically challenged, Punarbasa, on Sunday organised its 4th Annual Punarbasa Samartha Samman for the physically challenged persons, who contributed to the society by setting an example.
For the last one year, Haryana’s Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities has been meeting visitors in the parking lot of his office in Chandigarh’s Sector 17. For, his office is on the third floor and has no lift or ramp leading up to it, making it inaccessible to many wheelchair-bound visitors who come to him with grievances.
NEW DELHI: The 'Walk of Freedom', held on Thursday at India Gate to show solidarity with the differently-abled, drew huge crowds. The walk was organised by National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) and Veer to mark 20 years of Persons with Disabilities Act.
Talent and efficiency of differently-abled children are no less than others; it only needs to be refined with education and training,” said Chief Minister Raman Singh.
Naga Blind Association (NBA) observed the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3 in Dimapur. The day, which was declared by the United Nations, aims to promote an understanding of disability issues while mobilising support. ‘Inclusion matters: Access and empowerment of people of all disabilities’ is the year’s theme.
If it was a complete body paralysis that had threatened Dr. Mini Moll, for Dr. Reshmi Pramod it was visual impairment.
The disabled (as defined by the 1995 Persons with Disabilities Act) are roughly 2.21 per cent of the population as per the 2011 Census. If the elderly are included (another 6 per cent), it is a huge, and almost totally untapped market, but one which Indian enterprise doesn’t seem to be keen to tackle.
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