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September 28, 2006
Azad Neglecting Disabled in His Native District
Kashmir Observer, 26.09.2006
By: Haq Nawaz Nehru
Doda: Lacking any support from the Ghulam Nabi Azad led Jammu & Kashmir (state, India ) Government, nearly 5000 disabled residents of the Chief Minister's native Doda District have been facing severe hardship. They are deprived of many civil rights and the government has been apathetic towards their demands for many years. Even as the conflict has led to an alarming increase in the number of disabled persons in the backward and hilly District, no survey has been under taken by the State to assess their numbers and needs. The Social Welfare Department of Doda has also failed in this regard.
Farooq Ahmed Thag, District President of J&K Handicaped Welfare Association, disclosed to Kashmir Observer that as per his preliminary data there are presently 5000 disabled persons who have been neglected by the State as well as District administration. Though the State government is making tall claims to have several welfare schemes for the disabled, not a single such scheme has been implemented in Azad's home district. Thag disclosed that the previous government headed by Dr. Farooq Abdullah passed a Disabled Act in July 1998, under the Chairmanship of then-Law Minister late Pyare Lal Handoo. The Act was named as the "Persons with Disabalities" which meant equal Opportunities, protection of rights and full political participation.
But that administration failed to bring out a notification for the implementation of this act. The proceeding CM Mufti Mohammed Sayeed went a few steps further by enhancing the pension of disabled persons from 150 to 300 Rs, which was welcomed by the Association.
It was during the tenure of Mufti Sayeed that in July 2004 a "North Zone Meet" of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for the Disabled People(NCPEDP) of India was held at Srinagar's Santur Hotel, in which various governmental ministers and Mufti Sayeed himself assured locals that the government would soon clarify all the rules governing this Disabled Act and make whatever modifications were necessary. But nothing has been done so far. Thag further pointed out that, Deputy CM Manget Ram Sharma Ji assured us that a special commissioner for persons with disabilities would be appointed on priority, as laid down in the legislation, but all these promises have been left unfulfilled.
Azad, who has not earned much of a reputation within J&K but is a nationally acclaimed leader after completing one year in office, has done nothing concrete for the welfare of disabled of his home District. Thag was hopeful that Mr. Azad would consider enacting the rules of Disabled Act and also release the funds for 2487 pending disabled persons cases under SSI Scheme and establish an Artificial Limbs centre in District Hospitals of J&K State.
The National Handicaped Finance Development Corporation is willing to provide loans to the handicapped persons on subsidized rates of interest, but the State Financial Corporation Doda, the channelising agent has not shown much interest in submitting loan cases to the NHFDC. Such loan cases would provide the disabled special recruitment opportunities for government jobs, free education until eighteen, pension enhancement, and a regular conveyance allowance.
Source: http://www.kashmirobserver.com/index.php?id=642
Aqeel Qureshi
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September 26, 2006
Disabled students turn to foreign universities
Disabled students turn to foreign universities
Swastika Mehta
Saturday, September 23, 2006 NDTV (New Delhi):
The lack of infrastructure on campus for students who are visually impaired
or hearing impaired has now forced several of them to look at foreign
universities.
Smriti, 22, is an M Phil student at Jawaharlal Nehru University and among
the 1 per cent visually impaired students in the country to reach this
educational level. But her journey so far has been a difficult one.
"There are no facilities in India. I have to do everything on my own. I have
to go to libraries, scan all my books. It's a struggle, visually challenged
people work more than sighted people," she says.
Smriti wants to make a crossover in every sense of the word. After
completing her M Phil in Mythology, she plans to go to Chicago University
for a doctorate in Disability Studies.
"Here we don't even have books and computers. Some people are from such poor
families that they don't even have a tape recorder to study from," she adds.
Better infrastructure
For disabled students, the West promises full fledged universities like the
Gallaudet University in Washington DC for the hearing impaired and better
physical infrastructure on campuses.
What's more, it opens up a whole new world of job opportunities.
For instance Jagdish, who is hearing impaired and a class X pass out, has
with grave difficulty managed to get a job as a teacher at the School for
Deaf.
He earns a meagre amount of Rs 6,000 every month and has been limited by the
fact that signing is not recognised as a language, like it is in the West.
He was unable to study courses like Engineering and Medical Science.
"Abroad, there are deaf and dumb pilots," says Jagdish.
"There are only few of us who have family support and can thus afford to go
abroad," adds Smriti.
Looking West
Twenty five-year-old Shobhan, a PhD student at JNU, took his GREs last year.
He is waiting to arrange a scholarship to go to the US.
Though the Centre provides scholarships to Dalit, tribal and Muslim students
who want to pursue higher education abroad, there is no government
scholarship for students with disabilities.
"If I put it simply, we can't even walk freely here. We don't have
accessibility like we have in the US," complains Shobhan.
For students like Smriti and Shobhan, it's a mixture of both ambition and
disillusionment that pushes them to apply to universities in the West.
Ambition to find a place under the sun and disillusionment as there is lack
of infrastructure in India.
Source:
http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=National&template=Education&slug=Disabled+students+rue+lack+of+facilities&id=93668&callid=1
Aqeel Qureshi
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September 25, 2006
World Bank/JICA TV Confenrece on HIV/AIDS and Disability
Dear jicafriends
On September 8, the TV conference on "Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Disability"was held by DPI-Japan as a part of the program for the JICA group training course in "Mainstreaming and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in Southern Africa." It connected JICA Headquaters in Tokyo and World Bank Headquaters in Washington DC using JICA-Net.
It was informed directly by the participants from Africa about how the persons with disabilities are excluded from HIV/AIDS programs because of various mislead beliefs such as they are not prone to
HIV/AIDS. It's not easy to change people's beliefs and attitudes.
Please visit the following website for more information and materials shown at the conference.
http://www.dpi-japan.org/english/english.htm
Both disabilities issues and HIV/AIDS issues cannot be challenged as a health problem but should be tackled in development context. To do so, it is important, as was emphasized during the conference, to build up a horizontal cooperation and partnership by networking with different stakeholders such as governmental organizations, international/local NGOs, private sectors,
civil society etc, which will be a key for the constructive actions towards the society for all.
JSRPD
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A step Ahead ・Dharna by Disabled Rights Group (DRG)
Disabled Rights Group (DRG) gathered outside the office of the Planning Commission at Yojana Bhawan on Parliament Street on Tuesday, 19th September,
2006 at 11:00 am to protest against "the process of planning for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)". Disability has been identified as one of the policy issues requiring attention during the Eleventh Plan.
For this, the Planning Commission has set up committees. The process of planning and the constitution of these committees does not include disabled citizens of this nation. Disabled Rights Group (DRG) has protested against the functioning and constitution of these Groups.
DRG blocked the entrance of the Planning Commission at Yojana Bhawan on Parliament Street and then held a Dharna. Parliament Street Police official's became rude and took some of the protestors in the police van but again it was the victory of Disabled people that police had to leave the protestors free.
The Dharna stretsched from 11 am to 1 pm .Huge number of disabled people participated. Among the organisations that participated were Action for Abilities Development and Inclusion (AADI), The Delhi Deaf way, Swavalamban,
Deepalaya and many more NGO's.
After continuous protest, Disabled Rights Group (DRG) delegation got the one step ahead in their mission as they got an appointment with Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India on 20th September 06, at 11 a.m. . Protestors were delighted and a wave of claps echoed the street.
In this meeting DRG Delegation team will discuss the disability concerns in the process of planning for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012) with Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
Aqeel Qureshi
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September 19, 2006
Report form Independent Living Center Kathmandu Nepal
I would like to inform you that Independent Living Center Kathmandu Nepal is actively working in the field of Disability. It runs the IL services, events as well as advocacy Programs for the PWDs.
Krishna Gautam
IL Center
Kathmandu
Report
Delegation for draft interim constitution
A. Introduction :
Independent Living Centre Kathmandu (CIL-Kathmandu) has been engaged in advocacy and involved in promoting rights, IL concept for persons with disabilities in Nepal. Independent Living Concept is very new in Nepal considering that persons with disabilities should have the opportunity to be actively involved in decision-making processes about policies and programmes, including those directly concern.
The Interim constitution draft committee has submitted the draft interim constitution to the negotiation team of government and Maoist. Hence, the draft is still not finalized. In the draft, the issues and rights of persons with disabilities have not been included properly. So that Independent Living Centre Kathmandu reviewed the draft and strongly demands to the 8 political parties, the members of negotiation team, civil societies and NGOs/INGO to address the following issues:-
･ inclusion of appropriate paragraphs and wordings in the interim constitution
･ 10% representation of PWDs in legislative body to be formed to promulgate the interim constitution
･ 10% reservation of seats for constituent assembly election
Objectives:
The main purpose of the delegation program was to draw the attention of Political Parties, Minister and members of negotiation team, Civil Societies, policy makers, politicians, high level planners, NGOs, INGOs and others on above disability issues and get valuable comments, feedbacks, suggestions as well as support. This type of programs will be continuing in the future for the rights and promoting IL Concept.
Methods:
Independent Living Centre Kathmandu reviewed the draft interim constitution and submitted it to different NGOs and personalities requesting the valuable suggestions, comments and feedback on it. CIL Kathmandu made one delegation team; the members of the delegation team are Mr. Bhoj Raj Shrestha, Mr. Krishna Gautam, Mr. Palsang Lama, Mr. Ganesh KC, and Mr. Tek Bdr. Gurung. CIL- Kathmandu took the appointment with all political parties, Ministers and members of government – Maoist Negotiation team, several personalities and NGOs / INGOs. The delegation team visited the following Political parties, ministers and others.
Visited to-
a) CPN Maoist: - (6 Sept- 1:30) the delegation team from Independent Living Center Kathmandu had visited the CPN Maoist Office which is located at Purano Baneswor Kathmandu. The team met Mr. DinaNath Sharma, one of the member of Negotiation team and leader of CPN Maoist. Mr. Bhoj Raj Shrestha and Mr. Krishna Gautam had put strong demands to address the above issues. The team also argued him to secure the social, economical, political rights in the Interim Constitution. It is the responsible of the state to take the full responsibility of all round rights of PWDs. He agreed and committed to address the voice of PWDs. He also said that there are more than 15000 persons with disabilities within the period of Revolution (JANAYUDDA) and more than 5000 PWDs in Revolution (JANA ANDOLAN) 2006. He said that his party is very much sincere to promote the rights of PWDs. The team submitted the attention letter with reviewed draft interim constitution to Mr. Krishna Bdr. Mahara, Dev Gurung and the president Mr. Prachanda. They were outside the valley so that could not meet them.
b) CPN UML:-( 7 Sept.12) The members from CIL Kathmandu had visited the CPN UML Office which is located at Balkhu Ktm. The team met Mr. Bishnu Poudel, the central committee member of CPN UML. The team demand him to address the issues in Interim Constitution and representation of PWD in Constitution Assembly. He said this demand is taking very seriously and will put it in the Negotiation between Government and Maoist. The team submitted the attention letter to Secretary General Mr. Madhav Nepal and another central committee member through him. They were unable to meet in the right time.
c) Nepali Congress: (7 Sept. 2) The delegation team from CIL Kathmandu had visited Nepali Congress which is located at Sanepa Ktm. The team met Mr. Sovakar Parajuly, the office secretary and submitted the attention letter to Secretary General Mr. K. B. Gurung through him. Mr. Parajuly had committed to relay the message to his leader.
d) Nepali Congress (Democratic) :-( 7 Sept. 4) CIL had visited the Nepali Congress (Democratic) office which is located at Mahrajgunj Ktm. The team met one of the staff of the party. He committed us to relay the documents to President Mr. Sher Bdr. Deuba through Mr. Jeevan Prem Shrestha.
e) Nepal Majdur Kisan Party :-( 11 Sept. 10:15) CIL had visited the Nepal Labor Farmer Party office which is located at Bhaktapur. The team met Mr. Sunil Prajapati, Secretary of Party and member of Interim Constitution Draft Committee. The team argued on issues related with PWDs to address in the interim constituition. We also argued him for the representation of the PWDs in Interim Constitution. He agreed with this issues and committed for the full fill ment of the demands.
f) CPN Janamorcha:-( 11 sept.12:30) CIL visited the CPN Janamorcha which is located Sundhara Ktm. The team met Mr. Dhawa Lama, Bhim Pd Gautam the central committee members. They committed to address our demands in the executive committee of the party and in the Negotiation team too.
g) CPN Bammorcha: - (11 Sept. 3:00) CIL visited the CPN Bammorcha which is located at Dilli Bazar Ktm. We met Mr. Ram Achrya, the office secretary. He agreed and advice our team to get together again after 2 days in the same issues.
h) Nepal Sadbhawona Party (Anandadevi) :-( 12 Sept. 4:00) CIL visited the Nepal Sadbhawona Party which is located at Tripuresowr Ktm. The CIL team met Mr Govindra Chaudhary, the vice Secretary of the party. CIL team requested them to address the issues of PWDs. They remembered the days, when the PWDS and they themselves were together in the revolution. They committed that they will put the demands in the central committee meeting and will strongly put the demands to the Nepal government.
i) Appointment with Ms. Sujata Koirala:-( 6 Sept. 7:30 AM) CIL visited to the residence of Ms Sujata Koirala which is located at Mondikatar Ktm. She is the central committee member of Nepali Congress. She said that the disability issue should give first priority to promote the rights of PWDs. She is fully committed to address these issues in her central committee meeting. CIL submitted the attention letter and reviewed draft to Prime Minister Girja Pd. Koiral through her. She committed us to relay this document to Prime minister. She also gave interested to visit the IL Center too.
j) Meeting with Home Minister: (10 Sept. 7:30 AM) CIL visited the home minister residence at Pulchock Lalitpur. Mr. Krishna Pd. Sitaula is the coordinator of government maoist negotiation team. We argued him to address the given issues in interim constiturion. He committed to address all types of issues of marginalized group. Disability is also one of them. The meeting held about 15 minutes. The IL members Mr. Palsang Lama, Mr. Krishna Gautam, Mr. Bhoj Raj Shrestha and Mr. Ganesh KC also talked to assure the rights of PWDs.
k) Meeting with Labor and Transportation Minister: (11 Sept. 7:30 AM) CIL visited the Labor and Transportation minister Mr. Ramesh Lekhak in his residence. Mr. Lekhak is one of the members of Negotiation team. He also sincerely talked about the issues of PWDs and said that the right of PWDs will be assured in interim constitution. The meeting held about 15 minutes.
l) Meeting with Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister (12 Sept. 7:30 A.M0: CIL visited the tourism and civil aviation minister in his residence. He gave half an hour time to the CIL team. He took seriously the demands put by CIL. He said that the government is sincere to provide all round rights for dignified life. The interim constitution should address the issues of PWDs and he will put the issues in the negotiation team meeting.
m) Submission Demands to Civil Societies and Personalities: CIL has submitted the attention letters, 3 demands and reviewed draft to the civil societies and personalities, different NGOs and INGos to address the issues.
Independent Living Centre Kathmandu is putting the regular pressure to the high level planners, policy makers, civil societies, politicians and others for the protection and promotion of the rights of the persons with disabilities. This kind of pressure and advocacy program will be continuing until the fulfilment of the demands.
Thanking You
Krishna Gautam
IL - Center
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September 15, 2006
Dear jicafriends
We've received many photos of the NDPR week celebration of Iloilo City from Donna san (Leaders' Course 2005).
They've just organized the women's group in Region 6 and had the Regional Consultative Conference of Women With Disabilities to talk on Independent Living Program.
We are very happy to know that Donna san is actively involved in the activities for persons with disabilities.
We thank Donnabell for sharing her experience.
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Information from Aqeel
Chips Gives brain a link to world
Times of India, 15th September 2006
A clinical trial is under way for a system that lets paralyzed or speechless people communicate and even move about in a wheelchair by means of a chip implanted on the brain's surface.
For more information please see the attachment.
regards,
Aqeel
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Information from Aqeel
Paramount Airways 3rd Madurai-Chennai service, 50% discount for disabled people
Chennai Online
Madurai, Sept 12: Paramount Airways will launch its third Madurai-Chennai service with a link to Hyderabad from Friday.
Talking to newspersons here last night, M Thiagarajan, managing director of the airways, said here that the airways would offer 50 per cent discount on full fare to senior citizens and disabled passengers. Travel for disabled children below 12 years would be free, he said.
A special group rate for college and school students would be given shortly under a scheme by which one ticket would be given free for every group of 10 students, he said.
The airline aimed to operate 56 flights from next month against the 24 flights it was operating now.
It planned to introduce flights between Tirupati and Visakhapatnam in October and Madurai-Bangalore flight from November. It also planned to connect prime destinations in south India. "We will concentrate on south and then move to north. In a year or two, we will be able to do that", he said.
Thiagarajan requested the Tamil Nadu and Kerala governments to reduce the sales tax on aviation turbine fuel to make air travel cheaper. (Agencies)
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Pakistan on the verge of becoming polio free: UNICEF
Monday, September 11, 2006
PESHAWAR: International experts have assessed that Pakistan could become a polio-free country as early as the end of 2006 having decreased the number of polio cases from 30,000 in 1994 to just 13 this year by successfully implementing the Polio Eradication Programme.
According to a press release issued by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the number of polio cases was estimated to be over 25,000 to 30,000 annually before the initiation of the National Immunisation Days (NIDs) programme in 1997.
Immediately after the introduction of the programme, polio cases decreased rapidly to 1,147 in 1997 that were one quarter of the total global cases that year, which further decreased to 558 in 1999.
To strengthen the routine immunisation programme, a regular house-to-house vaccination campaign was started in 2000, which helped decrease the number of polio cases to only 53 in 2004 and 28 in 2005.
In 2006, the downward trend in polio infection continued and so far only 13 cases have been reported from across the country, including two in the Punjab, four in the NWFP, six in Balochistan and one in Sindh.
In the NWFP, two polio cases were reported from Bannu district and one each from Dera Ismail Khan and Dir Lower district. Health officials believe that due to the proximity of all the cases to the Pak-Afghan border, where there is regular cross border movement, the cases are not of local but of Afghan origins.
Many countries have become polio free as a result of the global commitment to eradicating polio and only Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan are left where polio is still endemic.
The delay in eradication of polio from Nigeria and India has been linked with rumours among the local Muslim populations about the safety of the vaccine. "It is unfortunate that baseless allegations against polio vaccine are putting the Global Polio Eradication Initiatives programme in jeopardy,・ the UNICEF statement said.
The World Health Organisation specialists and officials are confident about the vaccine's safety and its quality.
The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) having been convinced of the safety and quality of oral polio vaccines adopted more than one resolution calling on its member states to strengthen their eradication efforts using the polio vaccine. The polio vaccine used in Pakistan is procured by the UNICEF and meets all international and local safety standards, the statement said.
"It is the same vaccine used in 50 other Muslim countries. The vaccine meets the specifications set by the International Expert Committee on Biological Standardisation (ECBS) with respect to purity and content,・the statement said.
The statement said the vaccine did not contain any undeclared biologically active substances such as viruses, hormones or other materials. "No anti-fertility agent, including oestrogen and progesterone is added at any step of the manufacturing process of the vaccine and no such agent is present in the final product,"it said.
The World Health Organisation has also verified that manufacturers of the vaccine used in the eradication initiative met the specifications of the ECBS.
A number of fatwas have also been issued by Muslim scholars, including the grand imam of El Azhar Al Sharif, the International Union for Muslim Scholars, the mufti of Egypt, Maulana Fazalur Rahman and Dr Yousaf Al Qaradawi, the chairman of European Council for Fatwa and Research, along with a number of clerics from Pakistan, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Egypt, Qatar, Oman, Mauritania, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.
In order to make Pakistan a polio free country, the Ministry of Health has been conducting quality campaigns with the support of health teams and monitoring the high quality of vaccine. Polio immunisation protects millions of children from disability and saves their lives and also provides a chance to local health workers and volunteers to increase their professional capabilities.
Thousands of doctors, health workers and volunteers participate in the campaigns. An effective surveillance system has also been established to monitor any after effects of the vaccine. Administration of vitamin A drops during polio campaigns has helped avert tens of thousands of childhood deaths.
The press statement said that sustained and more intensified efforts by the Health Ministry are required in the last stages of the polio eradication programme with continued community cooperation with the vaccination teams to eradicate polio from the country. app Courtesy DailyTimes.com.pk
Source: http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Sep06/11/06.htm
Aqeel
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September 14, 2006
E-mail from Rocky (Leaders' Course 2005)
hi folks
i hope this email finds you well
sorry for not contacting for long time but you probably hear in the news about our stiuation in gaza, we have been without elecricity for towo monthes.
me amd sam son still working on KIKU ILC in Palestine , but we face lots of difficulties because of the political situation in Gaza.
plz email me back so i can be sure that you did not change you emails.
Rocky son
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September 05, 2006
Skills Training on Massage Upgrading and Candle Making for PWDs
Dear jicafriends,
Hello!
The following is NDPR week article.
With regards to my action plan, I am again submitting herewith the second part.
Hope you will find everything in order.
Thanks!
donna-san (Leaders' Course 2005)
A Skills Training on Massage Upgrading and Candle Making was conducted for the persons with disabilities of the Association of Disabled Persons – (ADP-) Antique.
The six-day skills training aimed to equip members of ADP-Antique skills on massage and candle making which would enable them to become productive and self-employed individuals, contributing to their family and community.
The skills training was made possible through the flagship program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for persons with disabilities, the Tulong, Alalay sa Taong may Kapansanan (TULAY) in collaboration with the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office of the Province of Antique and the Association of Disabled Persons – Antique.
Skill Training
Skill Training
Group Photo
Candle Making
Candle Making
Group Photo
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September 01, 2006
Income-generating activities in India
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
BANGALORE: The Department of Welfare and Senior Citizens is planning to set up self-help groups (SHG) to assist persons with disabilities in income generation activities.
A proposal to set up 10 self-help groups (SHG), each comprising 20 differently abled persons in each district of the State, has been approved by the State Government. The project cost, which includes training activities and micro finance to started income-generating activities, is estimated
at Rs. 9 crore.
Srirama Reddy, Director of the Department of Welfare and Senior Citizens, said through the project the department hoped "to reach out to the differently abled in the rural areas as their access to jobs was limited."
According to the 2001 Census, there were more than 9 lakh persons with disabilities in the State and more than 7 lakh lived in rural areas.
The SHGs would concentrate on income-generating activities such as making of candles and agarbhatis and mushroom and dairy farming, said Mr. Reddy. "We want to train them in cottage industry activities as there is potential for the products," he said.
Since marketing links for products developed by SHG are poor, Mr. Reddy said, the department was planning to interact with non-governmental organisations to establish better links. "We are planning to do a market study for the need of these products before we establish our units," he said.
Getting jobs in Government and private sector had been difficult for persons with disabilities. In spite of the State, earmarking 3 per cent of government jobs in group A and B and 5 per cent of jobs in group C and D for persons with disabilities, most posts had not been filled up. The 89 posts
for group A and B were identified more than a year ago. "We identified openings in 21 government departments and informed the departments. But since then no recruitments have taken place and the posts have not been filled," said Mr. Reddy.
Many government departments were hesitant to recruit persons with disabilities because they perceived that differently abled persons would not be able to handle the work efficiently enough, said Pradeep Kumar, former assistant commissioner in the office of the Commissioner for Disabilities.
Mr. Kumar said the Department of Social Welfare and Senior Citizens should integrate persons with disabilities into existing SHGs instead of creating ones exclusively for them. "We need to include persons of disabilities into mainstream society instead of making them feel marginalised," he added.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/31/stories/2006083121410400.htm
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