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We Care for You: Sensitizing Youthtowards Differently-Abled for Societal

Inclusive Growth

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The problem is not how to

wipe out the differencesbut how to unite with thedifferences intact.

-Rabindranath Tagore

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More precisely it

means "lackingexpected abilities.

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The number of differently abled people in Indiais substantial and likely to grow - disability doesnot go away as countries get richer

Increasing the status and social & economicparticipation of people with disabilities wouldhave positive effects on everyone, not justdisabled people.

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Differently Abled People are Subject to Multiple

Deprivations

They are Poorer and have conversion handicap

They are more likely to be in low income groups

They often have low awareness of rights and entitlements

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India has one of the more progressive disability

policy frameworks

PWD Act, 1995

National Policy on Persons with Disabilities, 2005

Ratification of UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Oct.

2007)

Sector-specific policies emerging e.g. National Action Plan for Inclusion

in Education of Children and Youth with Disabilities 2005/06

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Key Recommendation:

Get the basics right

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Key Recommendation:

Get the basics rightWhat does that mean in practice ?

Identifying differently abled people as soon as possible after onset -the system needs major improvements in this most basic function

Major improvements in early intervention, which can cost effectivelytransform the lives of differently abled people, their families, and thecommunities they live and work in

Getting all children with special needs into school and giving youngdifferently abled adults the skills to participate fully in family andeconomic life

Expanding efforts to improve societal attitudes to people withdisabilities, relying on public-private partnerships that build onsuccessful models already operating in India

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The Way Forward

1. Understand the scale and impact of disability in

the country setting and recognise the diversity of

the disabled population

2. Advocate and support the human rights model ofdisability rather than the charitable or medical

approach

Disabled people want equal rights, not charity. Disabled people are entitled to

the same human rights as all other citizens. In order to meet this standard, all

people should celebrate the diversity within their communities and seek to

ensure that disabled people can have the full range of human rights civil,political, social, economic and cultural.

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The Way Forward

3. Recognise women and children with disabilities in programmes

It is important to design programmes and projects in a way that secures

gender equality and for both men and women to have equal influence on

the design, decision-making and implementation. Furthermore, as women

and children with disabilities are often severely marginalised, specificinitiatives are required to reduce exclusion and discrimination by:

Education projects aimed specifically towards women and children with

disabilities.

Strengthening of disabled womens networks and networks of parents of

children with disabilities.

Specific programmes for children with disabilities.

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The Way Forward

4. Include disabled people in

the workforce

An inclusive organisation workingon poverty issues should employ

a reasonable proportion of

disabled people among their staff.

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