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October 11, 2005
Changing the Environment -Aqeel Qureshi
"Persons with disabilities can also help themselves
by helping the persons with disabilities"
Nirula's has created a ramp at Nirula's Restaurant, Yusuf Sarai Community
Centre, New Delhi. From the last 45 days, we were continuously asking
Shri Gautam Kamra, Manager, Nirula's to provide a ramp for persons with
disabilities. We had made written request to the Manager; Nirula's to
make accessible path for persons with disabilities. I was keep asking and
pushing Nirula's Manager to make services for persons with disabilities. The
Manger of Nirula's is a very sensitive towards disabilities. They recently
constructed a ramp at their premises for persons with disabilities. This
ramp will also help us to access other places like Jet Airways office,
PNB Bank, Music Shop etc. I am so happy to see Nirula's has constructed a
ramp for persons with disabilities. He asked me to give some tips and advice
to make Nirula's more accessible for persons with disabilities.
I always get so scared when 4 people lifted me up. I have too often seen
that persons with disabilities are vulnerable. Whether we are stuck in a
home or denied access to places, we are often left out of the mainstream.
Who is going to change this state of affairs? It has to be us. Persons
with Disabilities have to gain power and make change with the help of
same-minded persons. I do not think we can't do it, WE CAN DO IT! What I learned
from this "we can do it", if we continue pushing or asking for our rights. I
never thought they could make it quickly. I am so thankful to Nirula's
Manager for listening me and they really deserve appreciation. They
really did a wonderful job.
We can change how society treats us because of our disabilities. We can
redress the lack of rights. We can work to eliminate the barriers,
stereotyping, the looks & the exclusion. The discrimination for persons
with disabilities continued in the society. I realized that we are not
serving our community's goals. If we are without a political goal, a strategy for
changing the environment otherwise we will continue to suffer.
I want society to be structured fairly to persons with disabilities. It's
society-our laws, customs, and norms that will change. We have to go far
to change the Indian Environment, where persons with disabilities can live
in the society with integrity & dignity.
Enclosed Please find attached a picture of the ramp at Nirula's.
Aqeel Qureshi
Posted by jicafriends at October 11, 2005 11:13 AM