Diversity and Disability

  • Diversity and Disability
    Diversity and Disability
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    Celebrate Life; Celebrate Diversity

    We welcome you to the community page "Celebrating Disability", an online discussion forum where we introduce, discuss, debate as well as campaign and advocate various concepts, perspectives, paradigm shift, models and legal provisions that concern and impact persons with disabilities. The title Celebrating Disability emerges from one of the ideologies of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) to celebrate human diversity and that Disability is a part of human diversity. 

    This online community page aims at demystifying the stigma associated with disability and reinforces the paradigm shift experienced by persons with disabilities from the charity and medical model to the social and developmental model, a holistic development of the society where persons with disabilities are an integral and contributing part and not apart. It will also focus on discussions and debates with regard to legal frameworks that impact persons with disabilities rightfully as well as adversely. The context and connect of UNCRPD with most terminologies & concepts to be discussed in the forum goes without saying. The perspectives of different professionals and their work with persons with disabilities are to be dealt as well. Any requirement for a larger campaign or advocacy may also be analysed in due course of a discussion. 

    This community page "Diversity and Disability" will provide motivational stories and achievements by persons with disabilities on an equal  basis with others, articles by expert persons with disabilities as well as professionals without disabilities on their work and perspective, the gaps in the legal framework and way forward to harmonise the same, strategies/models to implement UNCRPD at every level and a lot more, by way of public discussions, debates and other creative methodology on each article/story. In addition a webinar will be organised every quarterly to discuss the topic of the term. The topics may widely range from different provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its connect with UNCRPD & vice versa, evolving concepts on disability, innovations pertaining to products, designs, services, infrastructure, information, communication and technology etc. 

    Supported by Vidya Sagar, Chennai

     

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  • Forging Friendships On The Spectrum
    Nishant Sriram, is a young man on the autism spectrum and shares his feelings about friendships. His mother, Akila Vaidyanathan reflects on his friendships and relationships over the years.   Till a few years ago it was believed that persons with Autism actually prefer to be alone and do not like or need friendships. However, there is more and more evidence and voices that prove that this is not really true. Persons with Autism have communication and socialization deficits which may…
  • "Go Away Corona So I Can Meet My Friends"
    Brian is a 26 year old man on the autism spectrum who misses his friends during the Covid-19 lockdown.  He uses technology to stay in touch and hopes for a lime juice party. His mother Anita Pradeep shares his experience. From a little child who loved to sit by himself and play with either a Pepsi can or a toy car or a Scooby doo or Ninja turtle figurines, Brian over the years graduated to playing with his brother and cousins and with a little initiation from our side would agree to play…
  • "Be the Best Dad to Your Autistic Child"
    PatientsEngage held a webinar recently on ‘Dads can make a difference to emotional well-being of a special needs family’ with three well-informed and articulate fathers as panellists sharing their experiences, understanding and insights. We bring you some interesting highlights. Fathers with children on the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience many challenges of parenting. Though their involvement may be less as compared to mothers, they still need to play an integral and important role in…
  • Nagaland Disability Activist and commissioner on a wheelchar in front of a building and some plants
    My Wheelchair Plays A Very Important Role In My Campaign
    Diethono Nakhro’s life changed after an accident in 2006 which rendered her paralysed neck down. Positive, empathetic and relentless, not only did she pick up the pieces after that, she has brought in sweeping changes for the disabled community in Nagaland, advocating for Disabled Rights and also as the State Commissioner for Persons with Disability, a position she does not wear lightly.  The Accident and Thereafter I’m quite an extrovert and I led a very active lifestyle before my car…
  • A visually impaired young man in a white shirt working on his computer at a desk in an office
    Technology Gave Me Independence in Many Areas
    On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Amar Jain, a visually impaired lawyer with one of India’s top law firms, writes on how technology and software has empowered him to become an equal performer and competitor in a challenging profession. I am an advocate and accessibility professional based out of Mumbai. As a corporate lawyer, with over six years’ experience in capital markets and banking and finance respectively, I deal with primary and secondary offerings for raising money through capital…
  • Lockdown Agonies for Adolescents with Special Needs
    Alisha Lalljee, Special Educator and Counselling Psychotherapist, feels teenagers with special needs have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown as they struggle with schedule disruptions, discontinuation of therapies and issues of anxiety and sometimes aggression. Young adolescents and teenagers with special needs and disabilities have been affected severely by the Covid-19 lockdown. They are in a frazzled state – aware of coronavirus, though not always fully understanding the…
  • Mother's Day Reflections On Covid-19 Challenges
    Parul Kala handles her home, children and a changed scenario under Covid-19 with as much positivity as one can muster. She talks about what Mother’s Day 2020 means for her. The year 2020 shall be a very special year as Mother’s Days go in our memories, for a number of reasons, the most important one being of course that the entire world is experiencing an unprecedented lockdown because of the Covid 19 pandemic. I’m blessed with two children - son Dev with Down’s Syndrome is14 years old and…
  • Building Emotional Resilience For Persons With Chronic Conditions and Disabilities
    Emotional Resilience for Persons with Disabilities and persons with chronic conditions with Clinical and Rehabilitation Psychologist Divya Parashar. This was in the context of the COVID pandemic but there are lessons in there for all times. We talked about What is emotional resilience Anxieties faced by people with disabilities What is psychological resilience What makes people resilient How to build psychological resilience Effects of suspension of therapy due to covid How to overcome…
  • Collage of pictures of an autistic couple
    Mummy, When Will I Get Married?
    Autistic couple, Angel and Rekha, married for three years, share a warm and compassionate relationship,in contradiction to the belief that love and marriage are considered incompatible for people on the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Read his mother Sunita Arora’s perspective. Theirs is a dream relationship on the autism spectrum disorder.With oodles of love and emotion shared between the two, they have built a beautifully innocent world for themselves. I am very happy that my son, Angel, is…
  • Lockdown Woes for Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities
    Covid 19 has spread its fangs across more than 199 countries with casualties mounting by the hour. India is battling it out too by announcing a 21 day complete lockdown. But how is this lockdown affecting the senior citizens and people with disabilities? Moyna Sen takes a look. The lockdown in India for three weeks on account of the Covid 19 crisis: the world over is bound to have far reaching consequences on various fronts, which we cannot even begin to assess because this is an unprecedented…
Support and Occupational Therapist in Patiala
Received a request for an OT in Patiala for a 2 year old child with Cerebral Palsy. Any suggestions, recommendations would be welcome Family currently going to PGI Chandigarh for doctor visits thanks 
Evolving personalities by Persons with Disabilities
People tend to develop their personalities from the different things that they get to know and do in their lives, which may also have an impact from time to time. People develop their personalities at all ages and it is a constant shift for every…
Please support VaccesS, a 2 Day Expo at Vidya Sagar, Chennai
Vidya Sagar (Formerly, The Spastics Society of India), a 30 year old non-profit organisation working with  persons  with disabilities , is conducting a 2 Day Expo titled "VaccesS" @ Vidya Sagar, #1, Ranjith Road, Kotturpuram, Chennai - 600…
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