You are correct. Because when I spoke to Joice Kaine of NFB (US) who visited Blore, she told me that the US or any other country in the west prefer the welfare model i.e.) providing social welfare benefits like a place to stay and money, and not so forthcoming when it comes to providing jobs. She even told me that barring the access issues, Indian corporate are quite friendly towards PWD and if some are not, it's mostly due to lack of awareness.
Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geetha Shamanna Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 9:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities *********************** No virus was detected in the attachment no filename Your mail has been scanned by InterScan MSS. *********************** While it cannot be denied that foreign universities offer better facilities for the disabled, in terms of openness about employing blind people, India is far ahead of several western countries. 80% of blind people are unemployed in America, and the figures are not too encouraging in Europe, either. So those of us who choose to remain in India despite all the hardships need not despair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Viraj Kafle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 8:13 PM Subject: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities > Disabled students turn to foreign universities > > Swastika Mehta > > Saturday, September 23, 2006 (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. > > http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=National&template=Edu cation&slug=Disabled+students+rue+lack+of+facilities&id=93668&callid=1 > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
